My father deliberately didn't invest in my education because "Jesus is coming back in the next few years anyway".

I was raised SDA; this mindset goes back hundreds of years. Leading up to the 1844, "Great Disappointment", people stopped learning, stopped growing, stopped saving, etc.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Disappointment

Even if AGI is inevitable, its timeline and effects on your life are unknown.

You are alive. You are alive. You are alive.