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Gandalf wasn’t a technologist. (Edit) and his magic wasn’t remotely Vancean
by KineticLensman 2y ago
Gandalf wasn’t a technologist.
(Edit) and his magic wasn’t remotely Vancean
- actionfromafar 2y agoThis is true, but the practical LLM wrangling seems less technological than I think any tech I have seen until now.
- znkr 2y agoI worked in image processing for some time, it’s very similar
- p_l 2y agoHe wasn't a technologist by the standards of his family, but it's somewhat implied in Silmarillion that the magics of Valar are intertwined with their understanding and knowledge of the world.
- KineticLensman 2y agoYes, but in the Legendarium, the Valar were innately ‘magical’ creatures created by a supreme being, not people who studied spells