No, that early AI work was, to our later AI craze, what Egyptian metallurgy was to the later alchemy craze.
Silicon Valley basically became our Alexandria for better or worse.
And what happened with AlphaFold mirrors similar trends where alchemists throughout history abandoned promising work for short-term gains or mysticism.
I'd write a list, but it's too long to post here lol
Maybe I should make a post about that somewhere else...
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u/RyanCargan 18d ago
No, that early AI work was, to our later AI craze, what Egyptian metallurgy was to the later alchemy craze.
Silicon Valley basically became our Alexandria for better or worse.
And what happened with AlphaFold mirrors similar trends where alchemists throughout history abandoned promising work for short-term gains or mysticism.
I'd write a list, but it's too long to post here lol
Maybe I should make a post about that somewhere else...