[KineticLensman]

Gandalf wasn’t a technologist.

(Edit) and his magic wasn’t remotely Vancean

[p_l]

He wasn't a technologist by the standards of his family, but it's somewhat implied in Silmarillion that the magics of Valar are intertwined with their understanding and knowledge of the world.

[KineticLensman]

Yes, but in the Legendarium, the Valar were innately ‘magical’ creatures created by a supreme being, not people who studied spells

[actionfromafar]

This is true, but the practical LLM wrangling seems less technological than I think any tech I have seen until now.

[znkr]

I worked in image processing for some time, it’s very similar