“Maybe you lack faith in your talents, and now it seems like A.I. will render you irrelevant for good – or maybe it’s finally your chance not to feel inferior to people who’ve always struck you as more talented. (In my case, I think it’s partly that I’ve always found it difficult to trust my own intuitions, so it’s been unnerving to realise how many super-smart people have what seem to me to be completely bonkers views on the subject. Should I trust them, or myself?)”
Oliver Burkeman, The Imperfectionist 11 Aug 2026