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Jiang agrees with the student analogy that AI counts as alchemy.
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Nuclear weapons are Jiang's modern example of an ultimate taboo: states may fight economically or conventionally, but nuclear use is forbidden because it would end the world.
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"but i saw some thought of some parallels but would you say like for example today the striving and working towards ai is kind..."
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"old alchemy because we're trying to exactly fabric it's it's ai is alchemy guys yes you're exactly right okay uh yes how about new..."
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"In today's world, there is an ultimate taboo among societies, okay? So, China, United States can engage in economic warfare. Russia and Ukraine can..."
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"Okay? So, I know there's talk about possibly Russia or the United States using nuclear weapons, okay? It's not going to happen, because it's..."
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