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		amelius on Feb 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: By way of introduction – EWD 1041 (1989) I think with machine learning and especially the LLMs, we're getting pretty close to alchemy. There's this quote that any sufficiently advanced tech is indistinguishable from magic. They probably didn't realize this was also true for the creators of that tech.

mmiliauskas on Feb 12, 2023 [–]

Not disagreeing, just wondering, why you think ML anad LLMs is getting us pretty close to alchemy?

amelius on Feb 12, 2023 | [–]

Because we just try things and see what works.

adt on Feb 13, 2023 | | [–]

Ilya used that term a lot, and continues to do so.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/10/14/can-a-machine-...

https://twitter.com/ilyasut/status/1486728489319362571?lang=...

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