On: You don’t need to work on hard problems (2020)

[qualudeheart]

Working on hard problems will soon be the only thing to provide my life meaning, as all trivial labor becomes automated.

There will exist a window between the automation of all trivial labor, and the eclipse of human intelligence by artifical intelligence, such that within this window meaningful work will remain possible.

I intend to try to contribute to hard problems within that time frame.

All else is a meaningless waste of time.