What's the point of working toward goals if AI will do everything anyway?

The premise kind of assumes AI will do *everything*, but that's not how it actually works. AI is a tool - it gets better at specific tasks, sure, but it doesn't want things, doesn't set direction, doesn't care about outcomes. Someone still has to decide what matters, what problems are worth solving, what kind of life they want to live. That's the human part, and it's not going anywhere.

Think about it practically: even if some task gets automated, there's always a new layer. Maybe spreadsheet work gets handled by software, so now your goal shifts to strategy or client relationships or learning something new. The goalposts move, but the core drive - wanting to improve, to accomplish something, to feel like you're building toward something - that's independent of what tools exist. People had goals when calculators showed up, when GPS showed up, when search engines showed up. The tools changed what goals looked like, not whether they mattered.

The real risk isn't that goals become pointless. It's that some people might use AI as an excuse to check out mentally, to stop pushing themselves. But that's always been a choice. The point of working toward goals is the same as it's always been: you get better at things you care about, you solve problems that matter to you, you feel like you're moving somewhere. Tools just change the terrain you're moving through.