[pugio]

(No implied critique of the actual essay) but when I saw that title from PG, I was really hoping it would address the 2025 question "What should one do now?"

At a time when it seems like so many pursuits or activities or things to make are overshadowed by " but won't there be a model in the next 6 months that can just do this itself?", not to mention all the other present world uncertainties...

Well, it would be nice to hear more thought as to how to focus one's energies.

(I have my own thoughts on this of course, but what I'm really advocating / hoping for is more strong takes on the question.)

[jstanley]

> "but won't there be a model in the next 6 months that can just do this itself?"

Then you've got 6 months to cement your place in history as one of the last humans ever to have accomplished that thing before AI could do it. Hurry!

(More generally, even if you don't care about AI: if you think you might want to do something, then depending on your age you've got maybe 50 years to do it before you've squandered your opportunity. Hurry!)