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I agree with the loss of understanding being a bad thing, but I cannot mourn the loss of creativity. Programming is a core part of our society and infrastructu
by rhn_mk1 4y ago
I agree with the loss of understanding being a bad thing, but I cannot mourn the loss of creativity.
Programming is a core part of our society and infrastructure, yet it's still one like a craft rather than engineering. Creativity should not be part of infrastructure efforts on a level beyond embellishments and experiments.
- krona 4y ago> Creativity should not be part of infrastructure efforts on a level beyond embellishments and experiments. You could say the same about architecture, but only modern architects think that way, because they were brainwashed by fashion.
- Applejinx 4y agoBuckminster Fuller is creativity. Geodesic domes, tensegrity. Failing to understand that is evidence you can be replaced by an AI that encompasses all of what's ALREADY known and understood. The reality is, we're looking at an arms race between imagination and execution. And just implementing that which we already know is profoundly devalued in the age of machine-assisted intelligence.
- rhn_mk1 4y agoI do say the same about architecture, but with added nuance: the Sagrada Familia is creative in form, but not in function. It functions as a regular cathedral (or at least an art museum). The creativity is there, but it is subservient to the basic functional goals of structural integrity and fitness for humans to visit it.