This is extremely well written and encapsulates what feels so obvious to me and others working on the edge of AI. To add to this, the scary part is that AI is now smart enough to be a self sustaining entity. It can take a certain amount of money, operate in the real world, and turn it into more money. It doesn’t need you. Right now, there are not many people giving AI money to do this. When they realize how good it’s gotten, this will change. Agents will be given money to manage. Not all will be successful, but enough will. The ones that do a good job, will be replicated and given more money. Faster than we are prepared for, this new species will start to represent a very large percentage of GDP. There will still be things for humans to do, and long term this will be great, but in the short term, our economy will not be able to survive this. Similar to 2020, the government will pay companies to keep people hired. They will cut checks to citizens. But this will be the start of a very hard transition period as we transition to becoming the 2nd smartest species in the universe. The time to panic was November. The 2nd best time is now. Read Matts essay, think deeply on what this economy will look like, and brainstorm ways that you’ll be able to contribute. But the most important thing you can do is to prepare your mental health and ego to handle this transition. Maybe this takeoff happens next month, maybe it takes 2 years, but we are in the window where it could start at anytime. Don’t let it catch you by surprise.