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The lecture's modern analogy for technical projects that attempt to exceed or refashion natural limits, especially AI.
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old alchemy
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "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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"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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"you think excuse me more landing moon landing um it's not alchemy but you're also going against the laws of nature right it's like..."
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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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A source-grounded reading of Jiang's central claim: late Inferno is where private vice hardens into social design.
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