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Shapiro explores the ongoing debate about the roles of humans and machines in creative pursuits. He suggests that ideally, humans should handle tasks that require intuition, emotion, and nuanced judgment, while machines excel at repetitive, data-driven, or technically complex tasks. However, he concedes that the line is blurry, and the balance is not always maintained in practice.
He illustrates this with examples like drone pilots controlling machinery remotely or the use of CGI in filmmaking—highlighting how society increasingly relies on technology without fully replacing human involvement.