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Well, isn't the main point of computers as tools (as opposed to consumption devices) the automating of “long and arid computation"?
by coldtea 2y ago
Well, isn't the main point of computers as tools (as opposed to consumption devices) the automating of “long and arid computation"?
- jonahx 2y agoI wasn't saying it's bad or untrue necessarily. Just funny how the same thing is said while the goalposts keep moving, buttressed by this vague, unspecified notion of "the real creative work" or "the things only humans are good it". And with current LLMs, and the spectre of even greater automated intelligence, our sphere of unique ability shrinks.
- digging 2y ago> more advanced thinking does not imply > vague, unspecified notion of "the real creative work" or "the things only humans are good it". It's just true that increasingly advanced tools enable increasingly advanced work.