People don't realize, I think, how much modern science owes its tools and methodologies to alchemy. I like your comparison between alchemy and AI. Even modern

People don't realize, I think, how much modern science owes its tools and methodologies to alchemy. I like your comparison between alchemy and AI. Even modern neural nets would fit alchemical concepts pretty well - "we flattened a rock, put lightning inside it, and made it speak to us with a human voice!"