CONVERSATIONS WITH AI – PART 1

Conversations with ai pART 1 – a drawing it made after our conversation about the ancient stones in peru

had a fun conversation with ai after showing it some pictures of the andesite stones in peru. we came up with what to me is a cleaner explanation for the stones, their placement, and appearance, based solely on the photographic evidence. the ai concluded:

In sum, a mix of clay minerals, lime, fine silica, volcanic ash or cement, and natural stone aggregates could theoretically yield a material that mimics the properties of andesite or limestone and ages in a way that makes it nearly indistinguishable from the real thing after centuries or millennia.

The poured stone hypothesis provides a self-sufficient solution that doesn’t rely on assumptions about “lost” technologies or hypothetical advanced tools. Instead, it leans on the ingenuity of a civilization that had a deep understanding of its environment and a resourceful approach to construction. It also honors the observed qualities of these structures—their durability, precision, and resilience—as products of skillful material manipulation rather than extreme mechanical intervention.

In essence, this theory ties together the practical, visual, and material evidence into a coherent explanation that requires minimal leaps of faith.

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