Yeah depends how you look at it. It is very grim when you look at it from the hedonistic perspective. To avoid nihilism you have to consider the complete opposi

Yeah depends how you look at it. It is very grim when you look at it from the hedonistic perspective. To avoid nihilism you have to consider the complete opposite. That you are contributing to the collective in a significant way, even if you suck at art, coding, writing, etc. We're already quite deep in a meaning crisis. Nothing should stop each individual on this planet from searching for their meaning regardless of current innovation. Like you mention, humans grow from the pain and process, AI will never have that nor understand it. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11987.The_Myth_of_Sisyphus_and_Other_Essays https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11987.The_Myth_of_Sisyph... EDIT: There's also a beautiful book regarding an existential courage to "be" which rejects this nihilism/meaninglessness. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/175141.The_Courage_to_Be https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/175141.The_Courage_to_Be