Most 17 year olds I know don’t want anything to do with AI and see the entire industry as an existential threat.

Nothing wrong with learning the theory and understanding the papers. Getting to that point you’ll have to get your fundamentals down. Might be an interesting exercise.

But as a future? I guess we’ll see. I suspect the next financial apocalypse will determine if there is one. Another AI Winter that may outlast all others so far.