alchemist
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Lichtenberg considers himself an AI alchemist of sorts, because he often has to re-prompt the tools he uses to get the writing and analysis he’s looking for.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
In a post on social media, Dead Ringers star Jon Culshaw called Dare the "wisest comedy alchemist and the dearest, dearest friend".
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2025
Whoever can turn it invisible by bending light around it will change warfare just as dramatically as the Chinese alchemist 900 years ago who was looking for the elixir of life and discovered gunpowder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
And in the notebooks of 17th-century astronomer Johannes Kepler, the appearance of silver, gold, arsenic and lead revealed that Kepler may have been a practicing alchemist.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2023
Across the street, Drave watched, and when the alchemist was gone, he disengaged from the shadows, crept to the mouth of the alley, and went in.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Astrologers consult a national zodiac, palm readers ring pagodas, would-be alchemists attempt to transmute mercury into gold and SIM card companies advertise dial-a-diviners.
From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025
Transforming base materials into gold was one of the elusive goals of the alchemists of yore.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024
England have been nimble too, often showing signs of being skilled alchemists.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2024
In previous centuries, alchemists had tried to convert one type of metal into another, usually lead into gold, with a notable lack of success.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2023
The implication is that deep down they were alchemists, they were just not prepared to admit it.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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The Alchemist
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