Something Small is Happening
Think back to 2014.
If you wanted a burrito, you had to get in your car and drive to the restaurant. You had to stand in line. You had to talk to a person. If someone told you that one day a stranger would bring a burrito to your front door because you pressed a button on your phone, you would have said that sounds dystopian and also incredible. Then, over the course of about three years, it just became normal. And this was before Chipotle started skimping out on the portions too, so it was really good.
I think we're at that same inflection point right now, except instead of burritos, it's your entire job.
I've spent the last two weeks reading about AI and watching clips of people building things with it. I live in this world now.
The future is being shaped by a remarkably small number of people — a few hundred researchers at a handful of companies. I am not one of these people. I work in crypto. But I am close enough to feel the ground shake. I follow several AI researchers on X, and I also recently purchased a Mac Mini. I haven't set it up yet, but I think you can understand what I'm saying.
I know this is real because it happened to other people first
Here's the thing nobody outside of tech understands yet: the people sounding the alarm aren't making predictions. They're telling you what already happened to them. I am relaying this information to you, secondhand, with conviction.
For years, AI had been improving steadily. I absorbed these improvements fine, because I wasn't really paying attention to be honest. Then apparently in 2025 everything got much faster. And then faster again. I know this because I watched a three-hour podcast about it last Wednesday. The host was visibly shaken. I could tell because he wasn't even able to finish a single pint of Guinness.
Then on February 5th, two major AI labs released new models on the same day. And something clicked. Not for me personally — I was at a birthday dinner for my wife's coworker. But for the people who tried the models that day, it was apparently a huge deal. One guy said he tells his AI what to build, walks away for four hours, and comes back to find the work done. This will very likely be what my life is like as well. Once I set up my Mac Mini, AI will be doing things while I'm in the other room. That's potentially huge.
Let me give you an example so you can understand what this looks like in practice. A guy on Twitter built an entire app by just describing it. The AI wrote the code, opened the app, tested the buttons, decided it didn't like the layout, fixed it, and only then said "it's ready." I'm going to do something like that with my Mac Mini. Some type of cool app or something, I'm still figuring it out. But I have the hardware. And I'm definitely going to optimize my setup with all types of skills and plugins.
I'm not exaggerating. That is what my Tuesday could look like, potentially.
"But I tried AI and it wasn't that good"
I hear this constantly. I understand it, because I also thought this.
But the models today are apparently unrecognizable from what existed six months ago. Some of the people who are saying this have hundreds of thousands of followers. Also make sure you're not on the free plan, you have to get the paid plan.
How fast this is actually moving
In 2022, AI couldn't do basic math.
By 2023, it could pass the bar exam.
By 2024, it could write working software.
By 2025, some of the best engineers in the world had handed over most of their coding work to AI.
In February 2026, you can make AI send you a "morning summary" of the top posts on Reddit. From your Mac Mini.
What you should actually do
I'm not writing this to scare you. I'm writing this because the single biggest advantage you can have right now is being early. Early to understand it. Early to buy the hardware. Early to subscribe to the paid tier and ask it to make a meal plan.
Start using it for real work. If you're an engineer, give it a GitHub repo. If you're in finance, give it a messy spreadsheet. If you're in other industries, definitely figure out what you can give it – then give it that. But give it something for sure. I just need to think about it more.
Mention it to your coworkers. Right now there's a brief window where most people are still ignoring this. You can be the person ignoring it less, which puts you ahead. Be the person who walks into a meeting and says "I used AI to do this analysis in an hour instead of three days." It's fine if it took you three days actually. The point is, people will respect you.
Get a Mac Mini. I think this one speaks for itself. Every single account I've seen posting about this stuff has a Mac Mini. It's the ultimate tool for this stuff.
Get your financial house in order. I'm not a financial advisor. That said, I did just spend $599 on a Mac Mini (plus Apple Care) and $50 on Claude tokens. But if it gets too expensive, have a backup plan to switch to an open source Chinese model.
Watch the podcasts. Actually don't just watch – study. TBPN, Dwarkesh, etc. The good thing is these shows are several hours long, so you can basically fill up your entire day just watching them.
Rethink what you're telling your kids. The standard playbook — good grades, good college, stable job — is over. Tell them it's likely not looking good for them.
What I know
I know this isn't a fad. The technology works, and the richest institutions in history are pouring trillions into it. I know this because I've seen it mentioned pretty frequently over the past few months.
I know the people who will come out of this best are the ones who start engaging now — not with fear, but with curiosity, a sense of urgency, and ideally a Mac Mini.
The future is already here. It just hasn't knocked on your door yet.
It's about to. And when it does, I will be ready. My Mac Mini will be unboxed. My agent will be configured. I will describe what I want, in plain English, and it will appear.
I just have to optimize everything first and make sure my setup is super legit.
If this resonated with you, share it with someone in your life who should be thinking about this. Most people won't hear it until it's too late. You can be the reason someone you care about buys a Mac Mini.