Great point regarding AI. Doing the work is absolutely more beneficial in the long run. In a similar way, rote memorization of facts, or tables, might not seem like something useful, but that crystalized form of intelligence allows for a much better use of fluid intelligence. Hard to to connect the dots to generate new insights, or allow the subconscious to produce those "aha" moments, when some of those dots don't exist in an internal mental model.
Another important topic you touched on: free agency. I often wonder how much of it any of us really have, and to what degrees it varies between individuals, both from a philosophical and practical perspective. An important question to consider when so much of our information landscape is being algorithmically controlled by a select few, and important institutions are so slow to react to new realities.
Great point regarding AI. Doing the work is absolutely more beneficial in the long run. In a similar way, rote memorization of facts, or tables, might not seem like something useful, but that crystalized form of intelligence allows for a much better use of fluid intelligence. Hard to to connect the dots to generate new insights, or allow the subconscious to produce those "aha" moments, when some of those dots don't exist in an internal mental model.
Another important topic you touched on: free agency. I often wonder how much of it any of us really have, and to what degrees it varies between individuals, both from a philosophical and practical perspective. An important question to consider when so much of our information landscape is being algorithmically controlled by a select few, and important institutions are so slow to react to new realities.