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The author expresses distress over the rapid advancement of AI and its pervasive impact on life, questioning how to prepare beyond just learning tools.
The author, who works in video editing and office administration, reflects that recent AI capabilities such as Astra and GPT-5 have advanced so rapidly that they expect their job to be automated within one to two years, expressing skepticism that retraining can outpace the technology.
The blog post explores emotional responses like anger and anxiety in the tech industry due to AI advancements, suggesting curiosity and excitement as more productive alternatives. It reflects on the uncertainty of the future of work and the role of agency amid technological changes.
An essay exploring the existential disillusionment among knowledge workers, who increasingly question the meaning of their careers amid AI disruption and seek analog hobbies or escapes from tech work.
A personal essay on how AI has infected academia and daily life, causing anxiety and moral complicity, with calls to resist corporate AI and protect the university.
This article is a guide for tech workers on how to unionize, covering the benefits of unionization such as job security and a voice in AI deployment, as well as the challenges and steps to get started, drawing on insights from organizers at Kickstarter and UCLA.
Arvind Narayanan's ICML 2026 keynote argues that the 'AI as Normal Technology' framework is useful for understanding AI's impacts, rejects the notion of sudden job loss from AI, and envisions a future of human-AI co-superintelligence requiring significant adaptation.
The author shares personal experience with AI and cites a Verasight survey showing 61% of Americans feel anxious about AI, 72% expect fewer job opportunities, and similar concerns about human connection.
An essay reflecting on the anxiety among programmers about becoming obsolete due to AI/LLMs, drawing a parallel to the shift from stop-motion to CGI in Jurassic Park, and urging professionals to evolve and learn new tools.
The author attends his 30th college reunion and observes grave concern among peers about AI's impact on the future, then recounts the nostalgic story of building a two-player Tetris game called BattleTris with friends in the 1990s.