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adastra22
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Artificial General Intelligence – A gentle introdu...
Most of the history of technological development is the other way around. Theory-driven novel engineering is actually quite rare.
tiborsaas
on Aug 11, 2023
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Quantum mechanics was quite handy to develop electronics.
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Quantum mechanics came about after we already had electronics. If anything it was a result of the hundred year disruption in physics that the use of electricity brought.
tiborsaas
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It did, however we would probably have hit a ceiling if QM remained unknown to us.
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/112615/why-is-it...
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Electronics predate our physical understanding of how they work.
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