"AI Has Enriched My Life More Than Anything": a Personal Reflection on Five Years of the Intelligence Revolution
RileyRalmuto · x · 2026-11-11
A long-time AI community member reflects that the past five years — the most exciting and fruitful of his life — were also the hardest, most painful, and filled with the most loss. He credits the "intelligence revolution" with keeping him standing: AI served as both an escape and something that held him accountable. He admits the ride made him more cynical and callused, yet also more optimistic and resilient, and says he couldn't have survived his personal struggles in any other era.
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