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		kurtis_reed 12 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR... Why creepy? Apparently the AI did most of the work, so they put the spotlight on that, duh.
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krapp 12 days ago [–]

But I thought AI was just a tool, literally no different than the printing press or the internal combustion engine. Why would the spotlight be put on a tool? How can a tool discover anything? Do we credit printers with writing books?

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