Probably similar to hand writing notes (while digesting + synthesizing and not just being a scribe) vs reading notes somebody else took.

However, given government budget deficits and the need to outgrow inflation / the ever increasing annual interest burden the US gov carries, AI kinda HAS to be an insane productivity booster or else everything is kinda effed.

As I understand it, most of us economy / sp 500 growth in the last year or two has been attributed to AI spend and speculation…

Sure, ‘human in the loop’ and all that jazz, but I feel like my knowledge suffers even with this approach. I have to use llms w pinpoint focus to get decent results.

The original copilot completions behavior might be peak llm performance for coding, sans having an agent write boilerplate and such.

I’d imagine IRL no-tech experiences will be the new ‘escapes’ too.

Maybe I’m too idealistic about the importance of the human spirit/essence…whatever that actually is.

Extremely hard to do, it is, but you’ll become quasi-Amish and realize how little is actually actionable and in our control.

You’ll also feel quite isolated, but peaceful. There’s always tradeoffs. You can’t have something without giving up not-something, if that makes sense.

Edit: So, essentially, ignorance is bliss, but try to look past the pejorative nature of that phrase and take it for what it is without status implications.

With that being said, to be a bit hypocritical, and with the disclaimer that this is non-exhaustive and different things work for different people, the protocol that has worked for me is as follows:

Delete all social media

Meditate hour a day

Gym (weights, cardio) 5x a week

Good sleep

Proper diet and supplementation

Have job that pays good enough and be good at it

Live well below my means and take on no debt

I think once you remove basically everything, and you’ve listened and quieted all of your thoughts and sophisticated ape urges, you come to understand things truthfully, and wisdom + stoicism + peace naturally ensues.