Been going to NYC for quite a long while yet managed to never visit the Brooklyn Bridge, until now. All the people, the heat of the day and the cloudless conditions made the trek feel pretty long so we asked the AI nonsense on the phone how long the bridge actually was. Confidently did it proclaim “1,595 ft (.3 miles). Turns out that’s not entirely true. It’s actually 6,016 ft (1.1 miles). The smaller number is just the length of the largest span so yeah, context is important. Feels like there is an AI lesson there, too.
Found a lot of locks clipped onto things, had to look that one up, too. Apparently they are “love locks” and, in mass, add a significant amount of weight to the structure. So much so that they are illegal in NYC and come along with a $100 fine. Illegal or not, it was sort of a cool photo with the city in the background.
