Did you think about this comment or are you just repeating something you heard and that’s been said in every discussion on HN about writing and AI?
The memeing accusation wasn't technically an ad hominem, but it does at least live on that side of town.
I stated this in an earlier post: "Probably what matters more is the specific process."
> Is the idea that getting enough sleep is healthy also a "meme"?
Yes actually.
> That Alzheimer and cancer suck and have no upsides?
Maybe? I don't think that qualifies, It's more like an emotional response to a disease.
> What is "memeing" in this context?
Repeating memes. In this case "writing is thinking" is a meme in the culturally transmitted idea sense. I don't think it qualifies as thinking because it's just the mechanical propagation of those memes through the culture. So if we're going to classify that and all other stuff one writes down as thought and elevate it, I don't see why prompting an AI isn't among that.
I mean sure, "writing is thinking" is shortening something, like "sharing is caring" does. Of course different things are not the same things. But it's not something people just "repeat", and when you ask them why they say it, they can't give you anything. Maybe that's why you're neither asking (why they say that, what they mean etc.) nor telling (in what way you disagree, what you think instead etc.).
> So if we're going to classify that and all other stuff one writes down as thought and elevate it, I don't see why prompting an AI isn't among that.
(IMO) of course it is, who said otherwise? Just the output isn't.
> If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.
- George Orwell
I still think there is some truth in it, just but it could be expressed less crudely and less arrogantly. For me trying to think honestly is way more important than how "sophisticated" it is.