Two excerpts discuss the transformative role of AI, particularly in creative fields, around the year 2025. Greg Twemlow's article argues that AI's ability to produce excellent results with apparent ease is challenging the long-held belief that effort equates to quality, leading to suspicion instead of admiration. He posits that AI should be seen as a launchpad for human creativity, shifting the focus from laborious execution to higher-level thinking, discernment, and ethical considerations. Looking back from a fictional 2099, Ava Chen-Díaz's excerpt from "The Effort Myth" reflects on 2025 as a pivotal year when humanity began to question the "tyranny of effort" as AI became integral to life, ultimately leading to a "Cognitive Reformation" where value was redefined by insight and meaning rather than visible struggle. Read the article.