The Real Might of a Tiny Fish and the Fake Might of AI

In a paper published in Scientific Reports , I came across a description of a small fish (mean length = 42 mm or about 2 inches) capable of climbing a a vertical waterfall that 15 meters or ~(~50 ft) in height. In the popular pres s, this feat was compared to free climber Alex Honnold scaling the Taipei 101 Tower (508 m or ~1,667ft) in Taiwan on January 25, 2026. The comparison led to the…