^^ I can't help but feel we're entering a time when personal agency might just prove to be the most valuable skill around. That video is certainly sad, but it'll be joined by thousands more across other industries in no time.
This guy was working a job where he was putting in 2-3 hours per day on templated graphic material. He wasn't just in the cross-hairs of AI, he was being actively shelled without being aware of it.
Interestingly, when he speaks of his destroyed "unrealistic dream" of running his own agency, this legitimately might be the best time in history to take a swing at it. Running an agency certainly isn't for everyone, but if ever there was a better time to try, it'd be now. There's a ton of BS to do, and up until now you'd need a human to help you with it. I get it... he's got a mortgage and things are terrifying without a steady paycheque, but I mean at some point your options get a little limited.
I'm not all doom and gloom about AI by any stretch, but if you aren't at least playing a game of "ok I just got let go" every now and then, you might want to start.
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