{"id":24332,"date":"2026-10-13T22:04:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T05:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/?p=24332"},"modified":"2026-10-13T22:04:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T05:04:53","slug":"we-dont-get-to-be-heroes-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/13\/we-dont-get-to-be-heroes-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;We don&#8217;t get to be heroes anymore&#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Man, I know I&#8217;ve been on a bit of a bummy kick with some AI-related posts lately, but I think we&#8217;ve gotta look at this maelstrom from all angles\u2014including the really emotional ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I found this episode really touching:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Steven Strogatz, a professor of mathematics at Cornell University, describes the excitement and grief of watching A.I. take on work that gives people a sense of <strong>purpose \u2014 and asks what could be lost <\/strong>if machines deliver answers without the human struggle, insight and understanding that make solving problems meaningful.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Likening mathematical exploration to sex &amp; courtship was not, I&#8217;ll admit, something I expected to hear\u2014and yet it speaks to pursuit, triumph, and resultant meaning. Give it a listen, and I&#8217;ll bet you find a lot that resonates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"When A.I. Comes for Your Purpose in Life\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LfGenpmOjDQ?list=PLdMrbgYfVl-s16D_iT2BJCJ90pWtTO1A4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man, I know I&#8217;ve been on a bit of a bummy kick with some AI-related posts lately, but I think we&#8217;ve gotta look at this maelstrom from all angles\u2014including the really emotional ones. I found this episode really touching: Steven Strogatz, a professor of mathematics at Cornell University, describes the excitement and grief of watching [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[66,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24332"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24332"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24336,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24332\/revisions\/24336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}