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<p>Recent advances in automation and Artificial Intelligence allow for offloading many human practices to technology, which may be detrimental to practical wisdom, according to a recent argument by Andrew Zelny. As such, we have reason to preserve certain human practices even if we personally find them tedious (e.g. writing letters or mundane chores) in order to protect how we, as a society, respect the <i>idea of practice itself</i>. Still, not all practices are worth preserving, and humans have finite attention and resources—we have to select the activities we do engage in. This introduces a new challenge: how to reconcile the aim of preserving practices out of respect for the idea of practice itself, and choosing which practices can be legitimately offloaded to technology. One way to address this challenge is to unpack what makes a practice good or worthwhile. Two approaches are well-placed for this task: Alasdair MacIntyre’s account of common practices, and the philosophical perfectionist concept of ‘unity in diversity’. Together, they provide a normative framework for determining when it might be permissible to offload activities to technology, and when it is necessary to insist on <i>human</i> activity.</p>

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Practices Worth Preserving: Knowing when to Offload to Technology

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    2025年7月10日

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  • Avigail Ferdman

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Recent advances in automation and Artificial Intelligence allow for offloading many human practices to technology, which may be detrimental to practical wisdom, according to a recent argument by Andrew Zelny. As such, we have reason to preserve certain human practices even if we personally find them tedious (e.g. writing letters or mundane chores) in order to protect how we, as a society, respect the idea of practice itself. Still, not all practices are worth preserving, and humans have finite attention and resources—we have to select the activities we do engage in. This introduces a new challenge: how to reconcile the aim of preserving practices out of respect for the idea of practice itself, and choosing which practices can be legitimately offloaded to technology. One way to address this challenge is to unpack what makes a practice good or worthwhile. Two approaches are well-placed for this task: Alasdair MacIntyre’s account of common practices, and the philosophical perfectionist concept of ‘unity in diversity’. Together, they provide a normative framework for determining when it might be permissible to offload activities to technology, and when it is necessary to insist on human activity.