There is a 100% existential risk that you will die, your children will die, and the human species will go extinct, as all species do. The existential risk of AI, or any technology that works to obviate that outcome, is irrelevant.
avlok What are some good examples of new knowledge for someone just getting into new knowledge?
People who speak extemporaneously, people who write custom open-source drivers for their musical instruments, people who create optimal cube-packing algorithms for fun.
It doesn’t need to
Genius is an underused term. Almost everybody has a ‘zone of genius’ that they will never find. Hire people who have found theirs or will work to find it.
When I meet people who are trying to get ahead in life, these are the links I send them:
How to Get Rich and the Navalmanack. If you like these, listen to the rest of the videos on Naval’s YouTube channel. The playlists are organized.
youtu.be/1-TZqOsVCNM
Can you learn taste?
Yes.
Taste is the ability to judge the quality of solutions.
It develops through repeatedly seeing the long-term consequences of decisions. This makes taste closely related to wisdom.
Good taste also requires care for people and the reality in which they