Problem solving, such as writing essays or correcting a map, isn’t supposed to be easy, and of course it can be tedious. It isn’t just the production of solutions – it’s the training of endurance by way of sustained attention.
It’s a way of learning what one thinks by attempting to say it. An AI or LLM can reproduce the appearance of that activity, but it can’t replace it, because the value lies not only in the object produced but in the transformation that occurs in us during its making.
To do so we must look inward, and as we do we are transformed. The world around us we are accepting as 'Reality' is an outward manifestation of our inner reality. And we are accepting a reality that is more and more and illusion created by those least qualified to create a noble world. That's my humble opinion. Take a critical look at those creating content. Are they what we want to be? Are they the expression of our values, our thoughts and our relationships?
Asking the critical question, 'Why do I accept this?' is one key element in regaining our sense of what it is to be truly human. Is there a need to be more than human? Why?
