AI challenges traditional status markers tied to intelligence, education, and occupation by automating highbrow prose generation and intellectual outputs

Very well put. Agree with all of it wholeheartedly. And the last part of it really resonates with me. As someone who has walked away from playing status games, both involuntarily and voluntarily, in many different settings and in many different career arcs, I know full well how disorienting and depressing it can be for your sense of self worth.