Notes from a Tired Egyptian Whose Job Is Explaining That Humans Built the Pyramids
Hacker News (AI keywords)·3 days ago·Commentary
A McSweeney's humor essay adopts the weary first-person voice of an Egyptian professional whose entire career is devoted to correcting the persistent myth that aliens — not humans — constructed the pyramids. The piece surfaced on Hacker News under AI keywords, signaling the tech community's recognition that large language models and AI chatbots have become major amplifiers of this and similar pseudoscientific claims. It functions as sharp cultural commentary on how AI-generated content can entrench misinformation that human experts must then perpetually refute.
