Critics question whether the essay amounts to protecting humanities from AI disruption
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Some commenters express skepticism about the framing, noting they see far more "tech needs humanities" arguments than actual humanities insights applied to technology, or suggesting the essay is essentially advocating for skills AI hasn't yet displaced.
“I've seen about 100x more content like "tech needs humanities" than I've seen like "here's a brilliant humanities insight which can be applied to tech". Seems suspicious.”
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It's idealistic but I love it. I've been thinking a lot about this.At my alma mater they forced all of us to take a couple of humanities courses. They were actually the highlight of my senior year. I do believe it's something that's quite lacking in an number/outcome-based education that should actually strive to produce well rounded individuals…
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I studied maths & CS but my favourite course at uni was a politics course, so not a real humanity but it opened my eyes.The course was a seminar on the 20th Century Politics of Japan with ~10 students.Lots of great questions around the fall of imperial Japan and about what democracy means in Japan for example what would a socialist or communist…
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I agree with the author. Working with AI code generators, you see the need to be able to dig deep and dig out the unsaid in an argument. You need to appreciate and have a feel for language's ambiguities to make sure the right thing is done.Also, aesthetics is an underrated part of writing good code, and that requires a broad exposure to human…
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It's not the lack of humanities that got us here, it's the search to increase capitalThings only will get worst to a point where they will be unusable, the "new" and cool thing will get corrupted in faster and faster circles, slop will take over everything and eventually kill "tech"
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I've seen about 100x more content like "tech needs humanities" than I've seen like "here's a brilliant humanities insight which can be applied to tech". Seems suspicious.
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I'm sorry, but to me this just reads like someone who is high on their own supply? Seems like a lot of words to say that people should diversify into skills that AI is bad at...for now.
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It’s not only about not doing evil. Humanities train your brain in ways hard sciences usually don’t.But I do agree ethics is a big one.
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