AI solved a Millennium Prize Problem while he wrote about it: "We will never have normal times again"
voooooogel · x · 2026-09-13
In his essay We Will Never Have "Normal Times" Again, Jack Despain Zhou (Tracing Woodgrains) reflects on coming to terms with AI's pace.
- Between drafting and editing the piece, AI solved a Millennium Prize Problem — reinforcing his conviction that there is no going back to normalcy.
- He cites the Metaculus Cup where bots outplaced all humans for the first time, taking 4 of the top 6 spots.
- His falsifiable prediction: by 2030, AI models will be unambiguously better than human professionals on at least 95% of broadly defined intellectual tasks.
- Core argument: regardless of which predictions land, we have entered a period of unprecedented uncertainty and turbulence that society must accept rather than wait out.
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