Post #1569144
2026-04-19 01:13 UTC
@OctaviaConAmore @obfusk
Spoken words are magical enough, but writing them down is another level. I think it was Plato who complained that writing was going to be detrimental to our abilities to remember things.
“Plato, through the character of Socrates in his dialogue "Phaedrus," argued that writing weakens memory and understanding, as it encourages reliance on external texts rather than internal knowledge.” -Wikipedia
Substitute AI for writing—sound familiar?
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@OctaviaConAmore@cutie.city 2026-04-19 02:02
@qurlyjoe @obfusk are... are you comparing the use and criticism of genAI to the introduction of human-written text? :shiba_confused: