on a saturday a week ago (or maybe 2 weeks? idk, feels like a year ago, time has sped up haha), i decided to give gpt-4 a go. pasted it some code and told it to explain it, pressed enter.

my heart stopped for a moment when i started reading the response. it felt like everything i've ever known was false, and i was shaking for hours after that. :D a sudden total dramatic change of my entire world view. quit my job on the following monday (a tech startup facing a fundamental business risk from generative ai, no hope for the company anymore, no point staying), so i could focus on this full time. i've been fortunate enough to be employed in a bullshit job that gave me the opportunity to invest the extra money, so i can withstand the turmoil financially for a few years (in case this move seems too crazy for someone).

anyway, after that experience, i've had no stress about anything anymore. i think it's because i know all the super stressful grunt work i've had to do over the years, grinding with the computer from dusk till dawn, is now over. there's literally no reason to do that anymore. what's left is enjoying the ride and working on creative projects i've only dreamt of. 8)

just sharing this story because i'd be interested in hearing if others have similar stories :D