The Art of Accepting Irrelevance (In a World Run by Robots)
I never was valedictorian. I didn't win any athletic competitions. I certainly have achievements, all very human things. And yet, I'm pretty awesome. You are too, is my guess.
This year, AI has taken leaps and bounds.
Algorithms can predict every....a lot of our behavior. Robots and AI are advancing super fast. They can make art so that you can do the dishes. But yet, only we can can truly see the beauty of a sunset or laugh at a joke.
We are the 'free guy' or gal in the game. Changing the world, moving it in spite of the uncaring algorithms and ai models and whatever else.
We are irrelevant, yet we are the most relevant we've ever been.
Be weird. Be funny. Be YOU.
Let the robots optimize everything. They'll be efficient. They'll be perfect.
We will laugh with each other. Drink coffee from a silly mug. Wear a slightly humorous t-short. We'll starting the business that probably won't work, making merch for a community of people who get the joke.
The robots can keep the algorithm.
We will own the adventure. We'll make the story. We'll do things differently, bang the drum, eat the hot chicken, why not?
The humans aren't dead yet. The robots haven't thrown us in the ocean yet.
Let's make every day count. Carpe diem, folks.
The robots are here to help. And we're here to keep on...keep on trucking.
For me, that's enough and it's awesome.