Right now. You can probably find an AI to do some elements, if not all, of your job.
Do you feel threatened?
Is the threat that a computerized thought processor can collect the components needed for the recipe in seconds, or that some people think so little of your craft that they figure a bot is the next best thing?
Whatever you do.
If it matters to you.
Make it count.
Whether you work in service industry or programming.
Whether you consider yourself a creative or an appreciator.
Right now, is the time to cuff your sleeves and represent your own self-worth.
We live a life that previous generations could barely imagine.
And now we are on the cusp of being sidelined in our own lifetimes.
What good is having more time away from work if we can’t afford to enjoy it?
What good is art that you know was made by something that felt nothing for the creating of it?
The old adage, “use it or lose it,” has never been more applicable.
Those dreams you’ve been putting off for later…
there’s no time like the present to get to them.
The opportunity may not be there later.
And when that time comes, the only thing worse than idle and empty hands… are fists full of regret.
Trench up.
It’s going to be a long haul.