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Why AI Isn’t Magic

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Francis Tan
Dec 19, 2025
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AI isn’t magic; it’s mathematics.

Artificial intelligence has entered territory once reserved for science fiction. It writes essays and speeches, generates photorealistic images, composes music, codes software, analyses legal contracts, translates languages instantly, and even powers self-driving cars. For many, these feats feel indistinguishable from ma…

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