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Seems like we're at the alchemy stage again with all these blackbox AI models appearing everywhere. Reminds me of this xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1838/

Nit: likely Muslims did not burn down the library of Alexandria, it was burned many times before by Romans and other conquerors

Source: https://www.quora.com/Did-the-Muslims-destroy-the-library-of...

https://www.arabnews.com/node/225932




> Seems like we're at the alchemy stage again with all these blackbox AI models appearing everywhere.

That would be the case if we had found a process that produces gold, but we would not have a way to explain it, right?




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