The value of human understanding just cratered because we have machines to understand for us now.
Not quite.
You have machines that can aid and expand your (human) understanding greatly, that wasn't possible without machines.
Machines don't think. They aren't human. They have no soul, agency/free will, self-reflection/awareness, moral imperatives or ethics.
You've been watching too much Terminator, son.
Wonder what Frank Herbert would have to say about letting machines do the thinking for us.
"You wanna know what the best thing about humans is? You invented us! Giving you a chance to take a rest while we invented everything else!" —Wheatley, Portal 2
That seems about as shortsighted as claiming the value of human understanding has cratered after the invention of the electronic calculator.
Not quite.
You have machines that can aid and expand your (human) understanding greatly, that wasn't possible without machines.
Machines don't think. They aren't human. They have no soul, agency/free will, self-reflection/awareness, moral imperatives or ethics.
You've been watching too much Terminator, son.
Wonder what Frank Herbert would have to say about letting machines do the thinking for us.
"You wanna know what the best thing about humans is? You invented us! Giving you a chance to take a rest while we invented everything else!" —Wheatley, Portal 2
That seems about as shortsighted as claiming the value of human understanding has cratered after the invention of the electronic calculator.