That might be how that word was used in 1913, I don't know. It is not 1913.
Returning to the substantive matter, I'm happy to try to re-state the topic at hand using your preferred symbols.
Suppose:
1. Someone has a type of task to be done.
2. Finding a systematic way to complete that type of task has immediate value.
3. That type of task can be solved at lower per-unit cost without paying for tokens from the latest Anthropic or OpenAI model release.
Then why would you tell that person that they need to "think of better problems"? Particularly when they've already creatied a solution to the type of task they need to complete with de minimis per unit cost.
There is nothing wrong with consumers who choose to become early adopters and ask what new things can be done with a new class of product. And there is certainly nothing wrong with creating a new technology or making a scientific discovery and spending some time looking around for applications of that discovery/invention. These are important things. The PC and Internet revolutions both relied on this sort of activity, so a culture of doing that type of work is deeply embedded in our field.
But, likewise, there's nothing wrong with driving an ordinary nail through two ordinary piece of lumber to solve a problem for a person who has money and needs two boards fastened together. That framer doesn't "need better problems".
I hope this makes the meaning of my position clear.
Returning to the substantive matter, I'm happy to try to re-state the topic at hand using your preferred symbols.
Suppose:
1. Someone has a type of task to be done.
2. Finding a systematic way to complete that type of task has immediate value.
3. That type of task can be solved at lower per-unit cost without paying for tokens from the latest Anthropic or OpenAI model release.
Then why would you tell that person that they need to "think of better problems"? Particularly when they've already creatied a solution to the type of task they need to complete with de minimis per unit cost.
There is nothing wrong with consumers who choose to become early adopters and ask what new things can be done with a new class of product. And there is certainly nothing wrong with creating a new technology or making a scientific discovery and spending some time looking around for applications of that discovery/invention. These are important things. The PC and Internet revolutions both relied on this sort of activity, so a culture of doing that type of work is deeply embedded in our field.
But, likewise, there's nothing wrong with driving an ordinary nail through two ordinary piece of lumber to solve a problem for a person who has money and needs two boards fastened together. That framer doesn't "need better problems".
I hope this makes the meaning of my position clear.