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A person had an idea for something they wanted to do. They set about doing it. They undoubtedly ran into difficulties and had to think about how to solve them.
by jstanley 2y ago
A person had an idea for something they wanted to do. They set about doing it. They undoubtedly ran into difficulties and had to think about how to solve them. They came up with solutions, probably some of the solutions aren't as elegant as they had hoped for, but they reached something that was acceptable, again and again. And eventually they created something that, to some extent, satisfied them.
That process is the joy.
I just don't see the harm in what this person has done? Envisaging something that could be created, and then creating it, is what life is all about.
I just don't see how words like "perversion" and "distortion" can sensibly be applied to this work?
- vouaobrasil 2y agoThe entire point is that technology shapes society so that joyful activities are subverted to create perversions like AI. The atomic bomb was an intellectually stimulating joy for many physicists for example. Life is about joy but it must be accompanied by the responsibility to seek joy in activities that don't do harm like AI.