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Ani Toranian's avatar

I fully concur with both Socrates and you, Vashik. The reality is that many of humanity's inventions, originally intended for good, have been predominantly used for harmful purposes. AI, in particular, has begun to evoke fear, and it's true that people are relying less on their own intellect. The time is not far when human cognitive abilities will begin to decline.

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Deborah Craytor's avatar

The Word Exchange, by Alena Graedon, is a novel about this very idea; in it, people rely on a tech device to remember everything for them, so when those who control the device's content start eliminating words, the concepts represented by those words vanish, too.

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Richa's avatar

Great piece!

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Evan Miller's avatar

Interesting the conniyou make here between memory and our reliance on internet/technology. A colleague of mine and I have discussed at length the value of memorizing poetry - it's hard to articulate, but it is definitely important, if for nothing else than it is something the Internet cannot strip from us.

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Vashik Armenikus's avatar

Thank you Evan! I think that our brains are tools given to us by nature, if we don’t use this tool it will go rusty. This is what Socrates said. Today we outsource all our qualities on external tools. It kind of worries me

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Evan Miller's avatar

Sorry, "connection you make" (damn autocorrect)

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