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will depue@willdepue · Sep 23, 2026

i don't think nearly anyone, myself included, has truly internalized there'll soon be a machine better than us in…

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The author argues that AI will eventually surpass humans in every intellectual and physical capacity, including creative fields like art, music, and writing, making all human work fundamentally artisanal and valued for its human origin rather than quality. They contend this isn't depressing but rather a reality we must accept, noting that human communities will continue creating art and relationships even if AI produces objectively superior content.

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  1. #1

    i don't think nearly anyone, myself included, has truly internalized there'll soon be a machine better than us in every single intellectual & physical capacity deep down we all share a feeling that our 'entrepreneurship' or 'taste' or... is special & safe. it isn't. it's over

  2. #2

    there's still breakthroughs to be made to get here, but we'll solve them. models will learn on the fly, with data efficiency greater than humans, with greater taste and judgement and empathy than we can possibly imagine

  3. #3

    no investor, no startup guy, no counselor, no content creator, no musician will avoid going the way of the software engineer and mathematician

  4. #4

    not to say that we won't find economic success or human artisinal value or whatever in these fields. just that our raw capacity will be greatly surpassed, without a question

  5. #5

    creating the catchiest or most 'beautiful' literature and poetry and music from the view of any blind human judge will all be bested by AI

  6. #6

    ’but AIs will lack emotion or can’t love’ is true at a functional level, they won’t be human, but they will be better at us at making other humans ’feel loved’ than you, the perfectly tuned balance of caring yet real and tough when needed but ultimately forgiving

  7. #7

    ”nothing human makes it out of the near-future”

  8. #8

    all human work in the future is artisanal!!! there is nothing that will survive automation by the machines other than things that derive inherent value from being produced by a human

  9. #9

    i’m not at all depressed by this or something, i hope it doesn’t come off this way! everything being artisanal is fine! i don’t ever watch Stockfish play chess or look at Midjourney images or read AI writing already. this doesn’t make us less human or make my life less rich

  10. #10

    we will resign ourselves to human communities with human art and human relationships, even if the AIs will make more compelling experiences in every way but we must be serious about the world we’re headed towards. do not be attached to your capabilities. they will soon disappear

  11. #11

    the notion that the “best” art (whatever that means) will be AI created is heretical i know and will get me burned at the stake. but i’m almost certain it’s true in the limit! the truly blind expert turing test for literature and music and the visual arts will be saturated

  12. #12

    and whether it’s 5 or 50 years, we are approaching alien minds that will understand and express our human condition in ways that we cannot other than the existence of god, everything we know tells us that Everything Is Algorithms, even “beauty”

  13. #13

    see you guys in The Slowzone

    will depue@willdepue · Sep 21, 2026

    i am pre-committing that in 2035 i will retire to The Slowzone as part of the digital amish, forgoing any and all technology invented after 1997. my children will never know a computer capable of displaying video

  14. #14

    i think people who read this thread should also know that i quit my job 4 months ago and am currently couchsurfing and playing minecraft with my friends