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> AI can be just a tool. [...] But AI can also be much more than a tool, [...]. Contradictio. Going back to Seven... > AI can be just a tool. Nothing, ever,

> AI can be just a tool. [...] But AI can also be much more than a tool, [...]. Contradictio. Going back to Seven... > AI can be just a tool. Nothing, ever, is just a tool.

brabel 29d ago
Where’s the contradiction?? X can be just Y, and X can be much more than Y. No contradiction, just an observation that you can use it one way or another.
- spankibalt 29d ago
  Nothing ever is just a tool. Saying that X "can just be a tool" is a fundamental violation of that statement; saying then "X can be much more than just a tool" is a violation in form of a contradiction. It's very easy to parse...
stein1946 29d ago
> Nothing, ever, is just a tool. Are you going to expand on this or should we stand in awe?
- camblomquist 29d ago
  It didn't receive much attention on HN but someone recently wrote a blogpost that elaborates on the idea. https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/no-such-thing-as-just-a-tool https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/no-such-thing-as-just-a-tool
  - spankibalt 29d ago
    No need to go to Heidegger's Sein und Zeit, once required reading in many a school where I'm from; the logical conclusion and application of polysemy [1], amongst other things, should get the ball rolling just as well. 1. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysemy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysemy]
IanCal 29d ago
A banana and duct tape can be just a snack and a tool for fixing a leak.
- greenbit 29d ago
  Or .. art. https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/art/features/banana-duct-tape-artwork-maurizio-cattelan-artist-banksy-shredded-painting-a9244311.html https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/art/featu...
  - TheOtherHobbes 29d ago
    The banana isn't the art. The art is placing the banana in a gallery and art market context to make a funny and ironic comment about the gallery and art market context. Programming is a craft. It's not an art, because creating code doesn't comment on, criticise, challenge, distill, or otherwise have anything to do with any human experience outside of programming.
    - noduerme 27d ago
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  - IanCal 29d ago
    Yes that was the point of the comment.

> AI can be just a tool. [...] But AI can also be much more than a tool, [...]. Contradictio. Going back to Seven... > AI can be just a tool. Nothing, ever, is just a tool.

brabel 29d ago

Where’s the contradiction?? X can be just Y, and X can be much more than Y. No contradiction, just an observation that you can use it one way or another.

spankibalt 29d ago
Nothing ever is just a tool. Saying that X "can just be a tool" is a fundamental violation of that statement; saying then "X can be much more than just a tool" is a violation in form of a contradiction. It's very easy to parse...

stein1946 29d ago

> Nothing, ever, is just a tool. Are you going to expand on this or should we stand in awe?

camblomquist 29d ago
It didn't receive much attention on HN but someone recently wrote a blogpost that elaborates on the idea. https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/no-such-thing-as-just-a-tool https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/no-such-thing-as-just-a-tool
- spankibalt 29d ago
  No need to go to Heidegger's Sein und Zeit, once required reading in many a school where I'm from; the logical conclusion and application of polysemy [1], amongst other things, should get the ball rolling just as well. 1. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysemy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysemy]

IanCal 29d ago

A banana and duct tape can be just a snack and a tool for fixing a leak.

greenbit 29d ago
Or .. art. https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/art/features/banana-duct-tape-artwork-maurizio-cattelan-artist-banksy-shredded-painting-a9244311.html https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/art/featu...
- TheOtherHobbes 29d ago
  The banana isn't the art. The art is placing the banana in a gallery and art market context to make a funny and ironic comment about the gallery and art market context. Programming is a craft. It's not an art, because creating code doesn't comment on, criticise, challenge, distill, or otherwise have anything to do with any human experience outside of programming.
  - noduerme 27d ago
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- IanCal 29d ago
  Yes that was the point of the comment.