But could the AI decipher the shear sense?

Let's be real. Everything needs more Latinas. Trans people, too, for that matter.

Well, only if Toad threw himself into the hole and proclaimed how lucky he was.

Props for that joke.

Too bad. It has great utility with igneous petrography.

Yesssssss! Ma'am! I was afraid it was a dying art.

Well, my friend, universities are constantly downgrading Geology Departments, or folding them into Earth/Marine/Environmental departments. UVermont did away with it entirely. Also, kids don't find out about Geology as a profession until they take Intro Geology courses. Both problems are reversible.

OMG. Reflected light petrology?