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The things that matter take a minute

A Hacker News user posted a reflection on AI, stating that in the age of AI, meaningful tasks take a minute while everything else takes forever, noting that wonderful things are achieved instantly but the rest of the day is spent dealing with less important matters.

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Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login The things that matter take a minute 1 point by ishener

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| hide | past | favorite | discuss In the age of AI, the things that matter take a minute, while everything else takes forever. It's great, we achieve wonderful things that matter instantly. But for the rest of day we deal with shit.

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