"It isn't magic" — LessWrong
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People keep saying "AI isn't magic, it's just maths" like this is some kind of gotcha. …
x "It isn't magic" — LessWrong Public Discourse AI World Modeling Frontpage 92 "It isn't magic" by Ben (Berlin) 23rd Jun 2025 3 min read 17 92 People keep saying "AI isn't magic, it's just maths" like this is some kind of gotcha. Turning lead into gold isn't the magic of alchemy, it's just nucleosynthesis . Taking a living human's heart out without killing them, and replacing it with one you got out a corpse, that isn't the magic of necromancy, neither is it a prayer or ritual to Sekhmet , it's just transplant surgery. Casually chatting with someone while they're 8,000 kilometres is not done w
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