If I asked an AI to write a text on the topic “Programming is art”, that thought process wouldn’t happen. I wouldn’t experience the same emotions that come with writing it myself. For me, writing is art that I pursue regardless of money. I think people who enjoy writing code feel the same way.
Huh. The turnaround given the top comment here is interesting.
It is. It’s craftsmanship.
Just because it’s digital doesn’t mean it can’t be done thoughtfully.
I’m pretty sure the only requirement of a thought-terminating cliche is that they are
intended to end an argument and bypass cognitive dissonance with a cliché rather than a point
It genuinely doesn’t matter what Heidegger’s human-tool gestalt says if people are using “it’s just a tool” as a thought-terminating cliche.
The reason it sounded like a thought-terminating cliche to me was this part of the article itself:
What this response seems to mean is the following:
- The technology being discussed has no bearing on the attitudes or ideologies of the person holding it: use or non-use is ideologically neutral.
- The technology being discussed can be effectively separated from the people using it: nothing can be inferred about a person from the technologies that they use.
- The technology is used fully consciously: you are always fully aware that you are using a technology and have complete volitional freedom to use a different technology at any time.
- The technology does not influence the kinds of things likely to be done with it: use of the technology doesn’t tend to encourage one course of action over another (“guns don’t kill people, people do”).
They’re describing aspects that are cliche and constructed to not have a point.
Really good article.
There’s a term for phrases like “it’s just a tool”: thought-terminating clichés.
A thought-terminating cliché is a form of loaded language – often passing as folk wisdom – intended to end an argument and bypass cognitive dissonance with a cliché rather than a point.
I appreciate knowing the names of things because it makes them easier to identify and discuss.
I find this kind of navel-gazing so cringey, because this literally happens every 5-10 years. I remember when “hipsters” became a big thing, and that was at least two “tech workers are moving to farms” cycles ago.
This is an awful article.
Among my Knowledge Worker peers, I am hearing this more and more often: people who want to pick up pottery, painting, crochet or other old-timey analog hobbies
I wonder why he thinks this is such a big, revolutionary thing?
Aaron Horwath is the director of AI operations at a creative technology company where he is focused on implementing AI in a way that supports both humans and business.
Sure, Jan.
September 6th: “Programming is Art.” and it’s 100% upvotes.
Like, literally what the top comment on this post says.
Shameless.