Again I Warn Thee: Fleeth Not by Water

Because I cannot warn thee every week about the risks of using generative AI (well, I could, but I won’t), let’s return to the other type of futile warning I insist on giving, namely the one against trying to flee from authorities by jumping into bodies of water. As I have said many times, trying this will almost certainly fail. It will dramatically reduce your mobility, making you even easier to catch, as well as posing a non-zero risk of death by water or things in it that would be pleased to eat you. This message is clearly not getting across, either, but hope springs eternal. Florida (Sept. 11): A 27-year-old man suspected of driving under the influence crashed his vehicle, then jumped out and fled into a nearby swamp. (Well, I guess it’s likely a swamp’s nearby no matter what part of Florida you’re in, so I will clarify that this happened in Lakeland.) As always, fleeing into a swamp turned out to be pointless. Luckily, this attempt ended quickly; not only were dozens of…