Superintelligence will be great for you—if your job was a means to an end
CatAstro_Piyush · x · 2026-10-09
Reposting IterIntellectus: if your job was a means to an end, superintelligence will be the best thing to ever happen to you; if your job was an end in itself, good luck.
A one-line take on the coming divide—instrumental careers get automated and freed, while those who identify with their work face the harder reckoning.
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