Create a machine to do the work of a [hu]man...

Mar 4, 2026 4:18 PM

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We believe that when you create a machine to do the work of a man, you take something away from the man.

Clip from Star Trek: Insurrection (ca. 24 min in)

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That is why Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Milton C. "Hardcase" Hardcastle (an eccentric judge notorious for being strict with the law in both his duties and towards defendants) employs Mark McCormick (a smart-mouthed, streetwise car thief) to help him to bring justice to those that escaped it the first time around.

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Can you teach a machine to clean my toilet. That's something I don't need in my life as a man.

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There's a balance (or should be) between easing the burden of labor, and eliminating the productivity of humans. "AI" is erasing that line in many ways.

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...you shared on a machine. While leaving in a home built with machines, keeping you warm and/or cool by machines, and eating food you prepared on machines.

"Wait, not like that!"

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“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.”

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We make tools to extend our abilities, to further our reach and fulfill our aspirations.
But we must never let them define us. For if there is no difference between tool and maker,
then who will be left to build the world.
― David Shore, 'Stream of Consciousness' episode of The Outer Limits

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Spoken like a man that's never dug a ditch in his life :D

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A machine should never be elevated to a position of authority, for it cannot be held accountable. To paraphrase the IBM training manual from 1979.

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And not being accountable is why it has been promoted to management...

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this is why I won't buy a bidet. someone needs to blow mouthful of warm water through that straw or it's just not authentic, you know?

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