This seems to be a day for focusing on human skills in an AI world, and yet I find the descriptions of them to be so lacking. This article is a case in point. John Spencer begins by criticizing efficiency as a value, which is fine, but we need to look at what the alternatives are, and why we prefer them. Here are the sorts of human skills Spencer references: confusion, productive struggle, slower learning, divergent thinking, one's own voice, empathy, contextual understanding, wisdom, and extended focus. Sure, these are all human traits. Some of them could probably be accomplished by an AI, while others we probably wouldn't bother (for example, it's probably hokum that slower learning produces 'lasting knowledge'). I don't think humans are unique, or especially excel, in any part of the cognitive domain. Rather, what we bring to the table is embodied human experience. But we don't see any of the 'how to adapt to AI' literature talking about 'how to have experiences'
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