What's coming, and how might we prepare? ### AGI Preparation - [Tyler Cowen](https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2025/01/chris-barber-asks-me-to-give-ai-related-advice.html) - [Finbarr Timbers](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1886809521676575056) and [longer chat](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1886907873613238316) - [Flo Crivello](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1886950437426970981) - [Jeremy Howard](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1888037803566747942) - [Eric Jang: Preparation](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1887892827188998259) - [Eric Jang: Post-Money World](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1887247536433529165) - [Anonymous Ex-OpenAI](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1884696055591428463) ### AGI Predictions & Timelines - [Jaime Sevilla](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1887530028835217865) - [Tamay Besiroglu](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1888044907522310416) - [Ivan Vendrov](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1887665470624633068) - [Kevin Bryan's takes](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1968364643405210072) - Timelines Roundup: [AI Computer-Use Skills](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1909618305167757507) ### Roundups 1. [What might become cheaper or better as AI progresses?](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1960015326856540405) 2. [What might help society adapt to future AI progress?](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1960365954694852872) 3. [What sources of information can people look to about the future of AI?](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1960729496258273483) 4. [How can people get good at using AI?](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1960886325802099071) 5. [How might AGI impact entrepreneurs?](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1967593636234920387) 6. [Will AI make all jobs go away?](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1968333538983633387) 7. [Why could there still be lots of jobs even after AI gets much better?](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1968679503049408974) 8. [Will robots do all the in-person jobs?](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1969044855419724144) 9. [Given the prospect of AGI, is it still reasonable to go into a software engineering career?](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1969407883000627288) 10. [How might AI impact science?](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1969769350736622051) ### Other advice 1. [Build weird things](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1946958121278304408) 2. [AI = adaptation challenge](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1885086038366052797) 3. [Careers list](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1954738339548107246) 4. [Run small experiments](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1965062418780057962) 5. [Career advice list](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1978463888942485813) 6. [Elasticity, complementarity, and difficult sample collection](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1983538080364830888) ### Reasoning models - Gwern, Nathan Lambert, and more on: [Will scaling reasoning models unlock superhuman abilities?](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1883585761490174425) - Jordan Schneider, Finbarr Timbers, and more on: [DeepSeek-R1: Implications](https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1884324055916204478)