Apparently this guy was just there a few minutes ago: https://www.instagram.com/p/CH_iU8JgeIr/

This video shows it up close. Sheet metal riveted together, siliconed in the cut out ground.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CH_212pAKpr/

I wish they had included a video where they knock on it with a knuckle so we can hear the reverberations.

As a side note. The video quality seems incredibly good for a video hosted on Instagram.

Why?

Not OP, but I’d imagine to stop idiots from stumbling through the desert and either fucking up the surrounding nature or getting themselves lost/injured

Probably same reason McCandless's van was finally removed. People dying or needing to be rescued while trying to visit it.

Oh, is it just Google? I thought it was ... everything.

A more visually illustrative implementation of the prediction mechanism can be found here: https://roadtolarissa.com/oracle/

Both cite that same "Aaronson Oracle" as the source inspiration.

No. (Betteridge's law of headlines)

Clever.

ACUMAN: "Greetings. How are you doing?" ME: "I am depressed." ACUMAN: "I am not depressed, but I am glad that you are."