The new order

If you watch the news, you probably foresee a terrible future for the world. It's understandable, the information provided isn't hopeful. I find it quite telling that within the news section there's a dedicated slot for "the good news of the day," in case you thought everything was bad. It's clear enough that everything coming is chaos and instability. But when have we ever seen the opposite throughout history?

It's a somewhat idealistic and naive worldview to think that power doesn't lead to these kinds of situations, where there seems to be no way back, that it's the end of the world. For as long as I've been aware, this has been happening, and it will keep happening. Powers alternate and dominant nations trade dominance in very established cycles, which leads to major world events.

In my opinion, every point in history represents both a threat and an opportunity at the same time. There's a word I hate, and it's "AI." Not because I hate it in itself, but because the majority of the population uses it referring to a threat, before an opportunity. And yes, artificial intelligence is both an opportunity and a threat simultaneously, depending on how you look at it, as an ally, or as an inert being coming for you.

You can't deny it: you've been born into an era where you're going to have to do something more to be useful. Many industry leaders make predictions, whose accuracy must be measured against their inherent bias, given that pro-AI rhetoric benefits their own products. Elon Musk said that in the future most people won't work. The CEO of Anthropic, one of the leading generation model companies, predicts a massive gap between senior roles and recent graduates, resulting in high unemployment rates in junior positions.

Personally, I see a potentially enormous divide between people who ride the wave and people who insist on being skeptical. Every revolution generates doubt, but we underestimate the power this tool has to change everything. Unlike other revolutions, this one is moving at the speed of light, and you have two choices, you already know what they are. If you think this doesn't apply to you, that your job is unique, you don't know the potential of what's coming. But it's not my job to convince you of that.

Soon, the difference between some and others will be insurmountable. How will states and companies resolve this? I don't know, but it won't be easy. Will public administrations adopt this tool to become more efficient? There are many other questions I can think of, but I'd rather let time answer them. My advice is to try to use AI in increasingly advanced ways, and to understand how it works. Don't wait for the wave to sweep you away, get on it now. Don't play with fire.

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"May luck find you prepared."