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This sentiment echoes Socrates' famous position regarding the written word: >If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls. They will cease t
by pieix 5y ago
This sentiment echoes Socrates' famous position regarding the written word:
>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.
Both his point about writing and your point about Copilot are likely true in part or in whole. Ultimately it doesn't matter — the technology is here to stay and its adoption will be determined by the utility it provides its user.
- blocked_again 5y agoI don't know. Remebering is one thing. Making Mircosoft do the thinking for you is another thing. Both are diffrent.
- pdimitar 5y agoI have respect for Socrates but this was not one of his good quotes. It reeks of "get off my lawn", very strongly. Many studies show writing things down (on a paper medium, not phones or any electronics however) is very helpful for gaining focus and regaining productivity. We're not storage media; our brains are immensely creative machines but our memory preservation is inferior so we found a good workaround.