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“We believe Artificial Intelligence is our alchemy, our Philosopher’s Stone – we are literally making sand think.” Uhh, does Marc Andreesen know how things wen
by sfpotter 3y ago
“We believe Artificial Intelligence is our alchemy, our Philosopher’s Stone – we are literally making sand think.”
Uhh, does Marc Andreesen know how things went down historically for alchemy…? Or how the word “alchemy” is used colloquially?
- tomjakubowski 3y agoWhat went down historically for alchemy? Its latter-day practitioners (Paracelsus, Robert Boyle) adopted the scientific method and those who went along with it eventually became known as "chemists". "Fox turned into a hardcore porn channel so gradually I didn't even notice."
- sfpotter 3y agoWell, as far as I can tell, we don’t have any philosopher’s stones kicking around… There are more than a few parallels between AGI and philosopher’s stones. Base metals were never successfully turned into gold, and we are literally not making sand think.