If AI Achieves in Minutes What Takes a Lifetime, Does Achievement Still Matter?
VraserX · x · 2026-11-14
A thought experiment on what happens to the meaning of achievement when AI can accomplish in minutes what takes a human an entire lifetime. Would climbing Everest still feel meaningful if machines could do it effortlessly? The author suggests achievement may matter precisely because it is difficult for the person attempting it — a premise AI is eroding. The post poses the question without resolving it.
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