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> There used to be a saying: "If you don't know how to do it, you don't know how to do it with a computer." This is a tautology in the narrow sense, but in the
by phreeza 7y ago
> There used to be a saying: "If you don't know how to do it, you don't know how to do it with a computer."
This is a tautology in the narrow sense, but in the broader sense I think there surely exist things that humans don't "know" how to do without a computer, but know how to do with a computer. And the space of solveable problems is expanding, though AI is only a narrow slice of that.
- _laiq 7y agoI don't know. I think what we all do, we know how to do it without a computer. Computer just automate stuff for us. It's a very practical saying because it forces you to ask the right question about the problem you're trying to solve. (We all know how to do AirBNB by hand, or Uber by hand, but the mobile app is hyper efficient w/ GPS & 4G, that's all).