The author reflects on the emotional impact of artificial intelligence, noting surprise at neural networks' capabilities and fear regarding superintelligent AI risks. There is disgust toward AI companies damaging the open web through aggressive crawling. Artists face increased hardship due to AI competition.

Anger arises from political systems' inability to regulate corporate power and environmental costs. The author feels happiness living in an age of discovery, where software development was radically transformed in 2026, allowing for unprecedented code and media generation. Ultimately, the technology feels positive on a technical level but bleak on a societal level.