If this promise sounds a lot like a curse, it's probably because it essentially turns the main threat AI poses into a positive. Because if the trends of recent years continue, Al will primarily have the effect of keeping people in a state of untrained, undetermined adolescence for longer. In Silicon Valley, the jobs falling victim to Al are those entry-level coder jobs that previously represented the first rungs of the career ladder. Whether this is due to the true potential of the technology or instead due to the self-deception of the bosses, Al is destroying that phase of life in which one gains professional experience, contributes, and makes mistakes. In which, as Hegel would say, one "determines" oneself, opens some doors, and closes others.