Pedro Domingos Compares AI Success to Alchemy Failure
Professor emeritus shares analogy between alchemists and AI researchers on X.
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Pedro Domingos posted on X that alchemists failed to turn lead into gold while AI researchers succeeded in turning data into intelligence. Domingos is identified in the packet as Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the University of Washington and author of The Master Algorithm. The post stands as the sole piece of evidence provided. No independent confirmations or additional context on the comparison are included in the source lines.
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Pedro Domingos@pmddomingosAlchemists tried to transmute lead into gold and failed. AI researchers tried to transmute data into intelligence and succeeded.
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