Not sure what happens, but I will say that human chess is more popular than ever even though everyone knows that even the best humans are hopelessly terrible compared to the leading engines.
Something else that comes to mind is running. People still find running meaningful and compelling even though we have many technologies, including autonomous ones, that are vastly better at moving us and/or themselves through space quickly.
Also, the vast majority of people are already hopelessly worse than the best at even their one narrow main area of focus. This has long (always?) been the case. Yet people still find meaning and pleasure in being the best they can be even when they know they can never come close to hanging with the best.
I don't think PSYCHOLOGICALLY this will change much for people who are mature enough to understand that success is measured against your potential/limitations and not against others. Practically, of course, it might be a different question, at least in the short term. It's not that clear to me that the concept of a "marketable skill" has a future.
"The Way of the Samurai is found in death...To say that dying without reaching one's aim is to die a dog's death is the frivolous way of sophisticates. When pressed with the choice of life or death, it is not necessary to gain one's aim." - from Hagakure by Yamamoto Tsunetomo, as translated by William Scott Wilson.
Something else that comes to mind is running. People still find running meaningful and compelling even though we have many technologies, including autonomous ones, that are vastly better at moving us and/or themselves through space quickly.
Also, the vast majority of people are already hopelessly worse than the best at even their one narrow main area of focus. This has long (always?) been the case. Yet people still find meaning and pleasure in being the best they can be even when they know they can never come close to hanging with the best.
I don't think PSYCHOLOGICALLY this will change much for people who are mature enough to understand that success is measured against your potential/limitations and not against others. Practically, of course, it might be a different question, at least in the short term. It's not that clear to me that the concept of a "marketable skill" has a future.
"The Way of the Samurai is found in death...To say that dying without reaching one's aim is to die a dog's death is the frivolous way of sophisticates. When pressed with the choice of life or death, it is not necessary to gain one's aim." - from Hagakure by Yamamoto Tsunetomo, as translated by William Scott Wilson.