Commenters debate whether humanities study alone addresses the problem
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Hacker News discussion develops with some commenters supporting the essay's thesis while others argue the real barriers are market incentives and capital accumulation rather than lack of humanistic training, or question whether university humanities courses have measurable impact on moral development.
“It's not the lack of humanities that got us here, it's the search to increase capital.”
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I like the approach that the writer takes, emphasizing the importance of humanistic experience into technology. Language will be the deciding factor for what technology becomes, and on this point I have some critique of the language that the author uses.> Become the most flexible, underscore-shaped mind you can cultivate, the best-prepared…
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I like the idealism, but an important factor making this viable is that people (i.e. employers) must realise that this fundamental reasoning is scarce and pay enough for it to support life, and this must happen before AI takes over.
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i totally agree with this, but i think at this point there's no going back, this AI wave isn't stopping anytime soon and it will continue growing.
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People often complain about the humanities requirements for CS degrees, and now the world is run by tech executives who don’t have a clue.
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