Maybe the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series was predictive in pointing out the problems of ill defined questions (The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything).

Anyone else print their white papers before reading? (At least the short ones)

Not using AI puts one at a huge disadvantage in a career setting. Ai can find deep references better than humans now, let alone actually doing the math. The challenge is knowing which problems to tackle given the limitations of commutating power and cost. If you have $10k to spend on tokens, you have to choose problems that can conceivably be solved within this budget.