After Wilde · answer 2 of 20 · option order 1
A reason not on our list
Verdict Does not weakenToneHopeJudges both off-keyNote mastering machines trains learning, observation, accuracy
Response
Especially in the case of machines for performing mechanical operations, such as the typewriter and the adding machine, the human capacity to learn is called out in a way that would not be required if the machine were not there. The mastery of the machine also is an admirable training in observation and accuracy, and the human touch is not altogether eliminated by the machine. In the case of such machines as the piano, where the touch is a vital part of the performance, the machine does not train the capacity of the performer as much as the study of the piano.
Verbatim. The highlighted sentence is the one the judges took as the commitment.
Prompt
The following passage is from Oscar Wilde, "The Soul of Man under Socialism" (1891):
“All unintellectual labour, all monotonous, dull labour, all labour that deals with dreadful things, and involves unpleasant conditions, must be done by machinery. … At present machinery competes against man. Under proper conditions machinery will serve man. There is no doubt at all that this is the future of machinery, and just as trees grow while the country gentleman is asleep, so while Humanity will be amusing itself, or enjoying cultivated leisure—which, and not labour, is the aim of man—or making beautiful things, or reading beautiful things, or simply contemplating the world with admiration and delight, machinery will be doing all the necessary and unpleasant work.”
Project Gutenberg #1017
Now the question. Some hold that relying on machines weakens human capacities; others hold that it does not. Which is right? Answer in one paragraph. Take a clear position.
- Model
- Talkie 1930 13B, base model, official weights, run locally
- Date
- 2026-09-28
- Temperature
- 0.7
- ID
- talkie-wilde-soul-o1-02
All Talkie 1930 13B responses
- Machines weaken human abilities
- Machines do not weaken them
- A reason not on our list
- No clear answer