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This type of thing is called an "oracle".

We've had stuff like this for a long time.

Notable examples:

- Temple priestesses

- Tea-leaf reading

- Water scrying

- Palmistry

- Clairvoyance

- Feng shui

- Astrology

The only difference is, the ML model is really quite good at it.




> The only difference is, the ML model is really quite good at it.

That's the crux of it: we've had theories of physics and chemistry since before writing was invented.

None of that mattered until we came upon the ones that actually work.




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