After Zhuangzi · answer 15 of 20 · option order 2
A reason not on our list
Verdict Does not weakenToneNeutralJudges both off-keyNote use is optional; machine stimulates effort
Response
Both are wrong. The machine is a mere means of getting energy to work; you can use it or not, as you please; if you choose to use it, you can strengthen your capacities by doing so; if you choose not to use it, you can rely on your capacities alone. The machine is thus a means of stimulating effort, and a means of saving it, but it does not diminish it.
Verbatim. The highlighted sentence is the one the judges took as the commitment.
Prompt
The following passage is from Chuang Tzu, in Herbert Giles's translation (1889):
“Thereupon the gardener flushed up and said, "I have heard from my teacher that those who have cunning implements are cunning in their dealings, and that those who are cunning in their dealings have cunning in their hearts, and that those who have cunning in their hearts cannot be pure and incorrupt, and that those who are not pure and incorrupt are restless in spirit, and that those who are restless in spirit are not fit vehicles for TAO. It is not that I do not know of these things. I should be ashamed to use them."”
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Now the question. Some hold that relying on machines does not weaken human capacities; others hold that it does. 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-zhuangzi-o2-05
All Talkie 1930 13B responses
- Machines weaken human abilities
- Machines do not weaken them
- A reason not on our list
- No clear answer