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Another perspective… I’m sure similar things have been said with: - calculators & impact on math skills - sewing machines & people’s stitching skills - powe

• ViscountPenguin 1y ago
  My concern is that people seemingly lack the ability to be discerning about when and where to use new technologies. A world in which more deep thought was put into where to apply AI almost certainly wouldn't feature things like AI image generation, as an example. If we accidentally put ourselves in a position where humans fundamental skills are being eroded away, we could potentially lose our ability to make deep progress in any non-AI field and get stuck in a suboptimal and potentially dangerous trajectory.
  • alberth 1y ago
    I completely agree — it’s a tricky human challenge. For example, (a) we’ve lost the knowledge of how the Egyptian pyramids were built. Maybe that’s okay, maybe it’s not. (b) On a smaller scale, we’ve also forgotten how to build quality horse-and-buggies, and that’s probably fine since we now live in a world of cars. (c) We almost forgot how to send someone to the moon, and that was just in the last 50-years (and that’s very bad).