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The point of understanding is to get better at proving new things. Now that humans are obsolete for proving things, human understanding is unnecessary.

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This is a bleak view.

One can also say: The point of humans is to produce things for the economy. Now that humans are obsolete for producing things, humans are unnecessary.

Would you agree?

The economy seems to be agreeing.

The economy can show us whether the conclusion holds, but it does not tell us anything about the premise. Do you believe the point of humans is to produce things for the economy?

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