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I feel like that difference is overstated. Weaving was once a highly skilled profession requiring intricate control by an intelligent operator yet it was increa
by hetman 10y ago
I feel like that difference is overstated. Weaving was once a highly skilled profession requiring intricate control by an intelligent operator yet it was increasingly automated even before the advent of computing.
I think the difference in what we consider "force" work and what is "mind" work is highly subjective to the things we've grown used to thinking of as menial based on the technology we've learned to take for granted.
The new forms of automation seem to be doing nothing but continuing the same gradual trend rather than offering some kind of paradigm shift. For example I have yet to see any automated systems replacing human creativity, when that begins to happen then we really will be in uncharted territory.
- novos 10y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_creativity https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_creativity has some links to examples but I'm on mobile.
- hetman 10y agoThese tend to be imitations of an existing style at best with a sprinkling of randomness thrown in, and nonsensical at worst. Certainly nothing fascinating enough to have people queuing to experience it paid ticket in hand. Still, artistic creativity seems like a pretty lofty goal at this point so it wouldn't be the first place I would expect to see genuine creativity emerge.
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- gpawl 10y agoWeaving is clearly a mechanical task that required a mind to control the hardware. Problem-solving is not a mechanical task.
- K0SM0S 10y ago> Problem-solving is not a mechanical task Food for thought: how sure are we that this statement is true? What does it even mean, seen from a cybernetics perspective? How complex does a task need to be until it's not considered mechanical anymore? Isn't the brain, eventually, a very complex biological machine?
- tomjen3 10y agoWeaving is mechanical yes. It is also very difficult to do unless you are just making plain single color fabric.