| ▲ | Foxhuls 7 hours ago | |||||||
This just seems weirdly similar to Plato's comments on writing: "And so it is that you by reason of your tender regard for the writing that is your offspring have declared the very opposite of its true effect. If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls. They will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is written, calling things to remembrance no longer from within themselves, but by means of external marks. What you have discovered is a recipe not for memory, but for reminder. And it is no true wisdom that you offer your disciples, but only the semblance of wisdom, for by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much while for the most part they know nothing. And as men filled not with wisdom but with the conceit of wisdom they will be a burden to their fellows." Maybe it simply comes down to how things get used and people are trying to figure out how to use this strange new tool that's available to us. | ||||||||
| ▲ | zetalyrae 6 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||
But writing, calculators, search engines etc. are specific tools, you drop a skill to gain effectiveness in another. While AI is a general tool whose builders intend it to be able to perform all cognitive work. Past a certain point, what is left of the human? | ||||||||
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