Re: large search spaces don't mean magic

From: Carl Shulman (cshulman@fas.harvard.edu)
Date: Thu Aug 04 2005 - 10:19:28 MDT


We already *have* Philosopher's Stones: they're called particle accelerators.

Quoting "D. Alex" <adsl7iie@tpg.com.au>:

> Ah, the inapropriate analogy again.
>
> What chance did the medieval alchemists have of transmuting lead into gold?
> Why is the "alchemist" comparison less appropriate than "dogs" for AI Boxing
> situation?



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