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The government is willing to give me (stolen from taxpayers) around $1000/month in student welfare to finish my high school degree. And a student loan at ~1.5% interest of around $1000/month and ~$500 in welfare for university. However if I work part-time alongside finishing high school, it will pretty much be what I pay in taxes. ~50% tax on freelance, and 25% on goods I purchase in the store. But that means 60 h / week.
I don't think I want to work in an unskilled labor job. If I was certain that my IQ was around 100 then I would... If I don't go to school now I will have to learn on my own for 1-2 years web development to get a job that way to sustain building AGI.
I know Yudkowsky don't, but how would you balance work-agi-life?
If i were your age...
I would start learning CAD software, and try and get a job locally as a machinist. Then start learning some robotics, 3D printing, and at least some Python coding. Then head out to the Mojave Spaceport, and try and get a gig in the commercial space industry.
You're young enough to maybe get a gig later in life as an on-orbit or lunar machinist and 3-D printer tech. Might as well be building the robots that the AI will be operating. That would be helping humanity's future, and giving you a unique future to live in also.