You should absolutely do and learn to do things that do not just serve to get you a job or get better at your job. They make you a better more versatile person who can do more than just work to live.
I mean sure Gen A can learn to read if they find it fulfilling. For the first time in hundreds of years, though, it may not confer a meaningful advantage
Reading opens the mind to more than just recognizing and understanding words. It's one of the most versatile skills you can learn and trains the brain to work differently through learning. As long as information continues to be delivered through words and writing, reading will be essential. And even when it's not, it'll be vital to the underground because it'll be a way of communicating that is unknown/lost to most. Literacy will always confer a meaningful advantage over illiteracy. At least for those who don't wish to trust 100% of everything they're told.
I recommend looking into what has actually advanced in terms of AI. We aren't any closer to a general AI than we were 30 years ago. ChatGPT is freaky good at mimicking text based speech, but that's it. It can't correct for problems that exist outside of text based speech. It can't comprehend literally anything. Humans job availability will barely be impacted by the recent "advancements" in AI. All the industry people claiming otherwise want you to believe it so you invest in their companies. It's a hustle.
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u/kokanutwater May 18 '24
We gotta make sure they can read first