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The speaker characterizes thermodynamics as originating from efforts to understand how steam engines worked.
Ekin Dogus Cubuk · Synthesis Superintelligence: from Semiconductors to Superconductors — Periodic Labs’ Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk · 8 Oct 2026
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“And, you know, this was, I guess, the original premise of thermodynamics.”
“They were originally really confused about how steam engines worked.”Play from 5:58Report a misattribution
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