There will always be something impressive left to do

People worry that if AI keeps improving, there will be nothing impressive left for humans to do. I disagree. What counts as impressive will simply change.

A full rewrite of an existing large piece of code today is not trivial, but it's also definitely not impressive anymore. Five years ago, a full rewrite of the right type of software would have made the Hacker News front page.

There will always be something impressive, and always a place for humans. That might mean being the best human in the world at writing code by hand, or the best singer, or the warmest event host, or the finest gardener. Whatever is impressive and respected at that time will still be worth doing, by definition.

Consider the opposite scenario: no human respects anything that humans can do. Stated this way, it's ridiculous and I'm not worried about it at all.