>>96124935
That’s fine. That’s even expected. I like you.

Consider that 99.99% of magic systems in fiction can be chalked up to sufficiently advanced technology indistinguishable from nature. Why? Magic is always far too convenient or far too constructed for the sake of the narrative or world. It’s all artificially considerate, or considered, by the author. The variables and parameters are just too much. It’s too machine like.

Fantasy is more advanced than science fiction proper. The more advanced and sophisticated something is, the smaller it becomes. Computers once took up whole rooms. What if technology eventually becomes indistinguishable from nature? What happens when nature takes shape in ways evolution wouldn’t originally allow for? What if evolution -wasn’t- a blind idiot and didn’t cause evolutionary dead ends or bottlenecks? What if nature responded to your actions? What if it entertained religion? Human sacrifice?

Consider that AI is much less complex than biological life and can still absolutely wreck the best humans at chess. Extend it to hypothetically biologically supported technology and you’ve just created a true fucking monster.

Spells have always looked and behaved like AI to me. Life. Magic is Alive.