On 2015-09-09 13:20, João Ferreira wrote:
> But Carlos, I’m sure you agree that just because something is hard to
> specify doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist or is not relevant (like Love for
> example. The human emotion, not Terry, whom I'm fairly sure exists.)
...
Of course that something being hard to specify doesn't mean it doesn't
exist or it is not relevant. I never even hinted at anything close to
that, and IMHO mentioning it muddles the discussion. I actually think
that the vast majority of relevant things are hard to specify. That's
not the point.
My point is that bringing to the discussion dimensions that can't be
assessed is irrelevant to the discussion. If one claims that only a
human designer can provide results that are attuned to the desires,
aspirations and
emotions of people, then one must be able to show how we can assess
those results are really attuned to the desires, aspirations and
emotions of people. It's only logic.
I'm not even claiming that machines can provide results attuned to the
desires, aspirations and emotions of people.
What I'm asking is how can you prove humans can do it in the first
place.
> I gather from your post that the crux of the matter would be to
> establish
> what is uniquely human about design? Or rather, what is it that humans
> do,
> while designing, that cannot be optimised, or improved by machines? (I
> suspect that the answer to this question is as elusive as figuring out
> why
> computers can’t write proper poetry or paint a master piece.)
>
> I will stand by the proposition that design is a human activity; like
> so
> many other human activities, designing can be (and always has been)
> aided
> by tools and machinery. Considering that designing requires, among
> other
> things, the use of (from the top of my human head) intelligence,
> creativity, ingenuity and empathy it would seem premature to discard
> the
> presence of a few carbon based creatures during the unfolding of design
> activity.
>
> And these are my two posts.
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Best regards,
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