Just wanted to say thanks to everyone in this sub.

I've been lurking in this sub since 2019 but finally made an account yesterday. I first learned about AGI in 2015 from a reposted article from I think either wired or vice, that was talking about the google deepmind AI that was able to play Go and beat the world champion Go player.<br><br>I didn't really think anything of it, other than the fact that, "huh, AI is neat, maybe it'll help humanity or something." But then in 2019 I stumbled upon this sub while browsing through the different subs one day, and I started reading the posts here and I learned a lot, thanks to everyone here. I learned about Kurzweil and his law of accelerating returns, I learned about the current rate of progress in AI development, I learned about AI alignment and the risks associated with the development of AGI.<br><br>And I have to say, I'm really excited. I'm 22 now, and I know that no one can accurately predict the future, but I'm optimistic that I will get to experience AGI in my lifetime. I'm excited for the technologies that will come out of AGI. I think it will be fantastic once the world is automated and everyone will receive a UBI and won't have to work anymore, assuming the AGI is aligned and doesn't decide to kill everyone lol. <br><br>Anyway, thanks everyone in this sub, I've learned so much from the posts here, and I'm really excited to (hopefully) live long enough to see the fruits of AGI.