[ExI] The AI Wake-Up Call Everyone Needs Right Now!

[Adrian Tymes]

> Gemini 3 -

> The "February 5th" Shift: Shumer points to the recent release of models like GPT-5.3 Codex and Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 as a turning point. He claims these models no longer just assist with work but can execute complex, multi-day technical projects autonomously, demonstrating "judgment" and "taste" that were previously thought to be uniquely human.

Which has literally been said of prior releases.

Including running multi-day technical projects autonomously (to take a
recent but running-since-before-Feb-5 example, Moltbook; I am
personally aware of capability that could be described that way going
back to at least 2023), and demonstrations of taste and judgment that
were previously thought to be uniquely human.

> Recursive Self-Improvement: A critical development is that AI is now instrumental in building its own next generation. By automating the coding and debugging of its own training runs, the "feedback loop" of intelligence is accelerating at an exponential rate.

The thing about accelerating at an exponential rate is, at any given
time the acceleration is faster than it has ever been before...and
it's still not "the" moment, because future acceleration is even
faster.

> The End of Knowledge Work as We Know It: Shumer warns that white-collar sectors—law, finance, medicine, and engineering—are at the precipice of massive disruption. He cites Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s prediction that 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs could vanish within 1 to 5 years.

People will find other things to do, not remain unemployed forever.
See the history of every such disruption ever.

> The "Capability Gap": There is a dangerous divide between those using free/outdated AI models and those using the latest paid versions. Those who dismiss AI usually do so based on 2024-era experiences, failing to realize how much the technology has evolved in just the last few months.

See also the gap between those using even free/outdated AI models, and
those who've yet to seriously start using AI.

> Immediate Advice: He urges readers to "be early" by integrating the most powerful models into their daily workflows now. His stance is that the window to gain a competitive advantage is closing, and the only path forward is radical adaptation and financial caution.

It is true that, even today, AI can give a boost to many careers,
particularly white collar/knowledge work.  For blue collar jobs,
useful tools are emerging: they might be better off learning and using
said tools, rather than "learning AI" in and of itself.

TL;DR: can the hype, cancel the alarm.  Do study up on AI or
AI-powered tools, depending on what's more applicable to your career,
like how learning how to use the Web and email became new priorities
about 30 years ago.