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AI firm hiring pirate to salvage shipwrecks found by machine learning
A tech company uses AI to analyze 80 million pages of Spanish colonial records, identifying undiscovered shipwrecks and lost cargo. It now seeks a salvage expert with nautical and diving experience, offering up to $500,000 annually. The role combines historical data mining with underwater recovery operations.
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The novelty of hiring a 'literal pirate' overshadows the real story: AI is transforming historical research and underwater archaeology at an industrial scale.
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Firm that uses AI to locate ancient lost shipwrecks is hiring a literal pirate to salvage sunken treasure, paying up to $500,000 a year — AI mines 500 years of Spanish colonial records spanning 80 million pages to find undiscovered wrecks and lost cargo →
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