The value of human understanding just cratered because we have machines to understand for us now.

martin1975 9 days ago | parent | next [-]

Not quite.

You have machines that can aid and expand your (human) understanding greatly, that wasn't possible without machines.

Machines don't think. They aren't human. They have no soul, agency/free will, self-reflection/awareness, moral imperatives or ethics.

You've been watching too much Terminator, son.

goatlover 10 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Wonder what Frank Herbert would have to say about letting machines do the thinking for us.

	▲	bitwize 10 days ago \| parent [-]
		"You wanna know what the best thing about humans is? You invented us! Giving you a chance to take a rest while we invented everything else!" —Wheatley, Portal 2

epgui 10 days ago | parent | prev [-]

That seems about as shortsighted as claiming the value of human understanding has cratered after the invention of the electronic calculator.