Science is indistinguishable from magic, if you don’t care to learn how science works.
But… if there’s a consistent system along which magic works which can be studied/researched/formulated, then isn’t it just… science?
The keyword is consistent. Some settings have magic as inherently chaotic and difficult to control.
A good rule of thumb is that if a fantasy setting has a school for magic, it’s probably a science. If it’s knowledge passed from master to magically gifted student, it’s probably not very consistent.
I absolutely feel like in a thousand years, we’ll talk to a machine and not even know how it works.
Hell, I look at the computer in front of me and only feel like I know a fraction of what’s going on.
That’s what neural networks are now. We do not know how it works under the hood. We just feed it training data.
We do, though.
Just to make sure my understanding was accurate, I asked Gemini to critique my explanation:
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Unless it’s lying to me about itself, I was able to explain the basics of it in two relatively simple sentences. Of course that doesn’t cover everything, but Gemini thinks that’s a pretty good overview. After expanding on each point in its reply, it said this:
I think a lot of the confusion over these models stems from hype and marketing that makes them out to be more than what they are.
Its only a conspiracy theory if its more than one guy.
Not a native speaker but “guy” is gender neutral for a while now, at least on the variety used online. At least from what I know
Litmus test is the “Would you have sex with a group of guys?”
If you’re picturing a orgy with hairy people holding shlongs, then it’s not gender neutral.
You are correct but you can’t get away from pedants online.
I know because I’m one of them.
That’s what they want you to believe!
It’s only a conspiracy theory if it’s not a proven conspiracy.
Conversely, everything is a conspiracy when you do understand how things work.