The AI paradox: you need to be unemployed to keep up, but employed to afford it
FlolightC · x · 2026-09-23
Reacting to a viral post claiming GPT-6 "Sol" and "Luna" and Opus 5.5 dropped the same day (unverified), with Sonnet 5.5 and Haiku 5.5 on the way, a user quips you'd basically need to be unemployed to keep up with AI releases. The counterpoint: you also need a job to afford all these AI subscriptions—and employment offers low-risk, low-cost chances to explore them.
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