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That sort of assumes that the point of doing either of those things is to be better than everyone else. I personally find the activities alone to be worthwhile
by davesque 10y ago
That sort of assumes that the point of doing either of those things is to be better than everyone else. I personally find the activities alone to be worthwhile.
Besides, the reality of superior ability wouldn't be anything new. For everyone of my abilities, it seems incredibly likely that there exists another human somewhere that might be considered "better" than me.
- civilian 10y agoSo, with art, I can acknowledge that the point isn't to be better. But what about collecting knowledge? Sure, you could help analyzing the genome & biology of a rare butterfly with all your free time. Say, maybe it would takes computer-assisted humans several years. But the AI could finish it in a month! Wouldn't you feel silly about that?