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> I often find myself swinging between "It's so over" and "We're so back" - some days I roll out of bed thinking I could have Claude solve some random unproven

> I often find myself swinging between "It's so over" and "We're so back" - some days I roll out of bed thinking I could have Claude solve some random unproven OEIS sequence before breakfast; other days, I wake up in a cold sweat worried about the fate of humanity and what the world might look like in a decade I find myself increasingly feeling like the burden of the lows doesn't justify the presence of the those highs. Like even if does cure all forms of cancer, but everyone feels like their life/existence lost meaning, then... I'd rather just have cancer be a thing.

scotty79 18d ago
Wow. That's bleak. For me the the initial joy of building software with AI caused possibly two happiest months of my life. And cancer caused many darkest ones. Snap out of it.
- latentsea 18d ago
  > , but everyone feels like their life/existence lost meaning Did you miss this part? Because to me... that's fucking bleak. You snap out of it.
  - scotty79 17d ago
    It's called growing up. And ultimately it's liberaing. Many people don't achieve that level of understanding before their death.
    - latentsea 17d ago
      That's cos your spouting BS.