aledevv

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Comment · 1 month ago
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Comment · 2 months ago
I strongly agree with the concept that cognitive friction is the engine of learning.

First and foremost, it's an issue of "dependency": if you stop training the "muscle" of logic and reasoning, it gradually atrophies, just like unused physical muscles. You become dependent on external tools that replace a capability you once had yourself.

A historical example that brought about a similar shift is this: when the production process moved from the craftsman's mind and hands to the Fordist factory (and the assembly line), the skill of building things shifted from human craftsmanship to anonymous, structured processes.

Bit by bit, traditional artisans lost their knowledge and "know-how." Today, having a piece of furniture in our home depends on a massive production and supply chain; the "average" person no longer has the ability to build it themselves.

The exact same thing is happening to software.

We are the (now "former") software craftsmen.

Comment · 3 months ago
> when you write things down by hand you’re recruiting more of your brain, which is a good thing.

I completely agree! Perhaps it's simply for one reason: slowness.

Writing by hand slows down and the brain "breathes", calms down, and the waves of thought flow at their proper pace.

We aren't made to rush always: by slowing down, our brain also has time to better process thoughts and information, one at a time, and each one is given the "time it deserves."

Our brain works best when it's relaxed and has time to make all its connections.

Thinking is, first and foremost, an exercise in slowness.

(ps: I'm also left-handed, I wonder if this also affects the functioning of the brain...).

Comment · 3 months ago
Yes, I do semantic chunk to better split the text into coherent chunks. I even use Llamaparse api (by Llamaindex) to parsing any type of documents, images or imported study material, with a very high quality results. Llamaparse is great!
Comment · 3 months ago
> Artificial intelligence can do more every day, but deciding what it should do is up to us

> For artificial intelligence to benefit from distributed knowledge, it must itself be distributed.

I wish to highlight these two important concepts, with which I fully agree.

Artificial intelligence must enable all of humanity to excel and realize its full potential; it must not be used for the purposes of war, economic competition, or gaining dominance over others.

In other words: artificial intelligence must serve natural intelligence, not the other way around.

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