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by apersona 931 days ago
This is so reductionist, it's not even funny.

Imagine debugging your own code (your code being your intellectual work) and this guy barges into your room and says "Why are you wasting your time? Why didn't you just pick a better 'number'?"
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DeIlliad 931 days ago
Listen, I'm on your side of the argument and this example makes no sense at all.
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__loam 930 days ago
It's got some sense to it. It's like, there are "objectively right" numbers, so why commit yourself to any form of craft if a computer can just find better numbers?

There's a reason you can't copyright songs constructed through combinatorial algorithms. Human authorship plays a role in creative pursuit, by law.

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matheusmoreira 930 days ago
> there are "objectively right" numbers

No one said that.

> so why commit yourself to any form of craft

Because you enjoy it.

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