You don't need to "keep up," you just need to loosely pay attention to identify things/features that will make you more productive, test them out, and keep what actually works (not what some influencer claims to work on social media). In fact, I feel far more confident in my understanding by listening to researchers who dismiss the wild claims about AI's potential—not hype it blindly [1].
There's far too much noise, churn, and indecision at this stage to get any productive value out of riding the bleeding edge.
If it's actually revolutionary, you'll hear about it on HN.
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