Ask HN: Does the constant 'AI' hail also hurt your mojo?
Lifelong learning may sound like torture for many in different fields, for me it was always a great outlook for the future and a reassuring promise of never getting bored again. (I think i was not genuinely bored since 20 years.)
I love 1) thinking and learning about, 2) planning and 3) tinkering on / implementing solutions for problems with technology. Doing this somewhat successfully, kept up my motivation and passion.
But since the LLM hype and the writing on the ever closer coming wall, saying that most of my skills will be obsolete in the near future somewhat cripples this mentality. I'm not as excited anymore and often stop at 2), because i tell myself: "And in 2 years some MBA will push a button to come up with a much better solution, skipping all the work i put into building up my mental models."
I know that this ironically aligns with the overall goal of technology, but why me? :)
I can imagine, that some of you are also struggling with this and would be happy to hear your thoughts or coping strategies.
My current coping strategy is to think, that i can still learn about how nature and things work, till the end of my days, but the active part of solving problems is missing.