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)
### 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)