Ethan Marcotte🦊
I’ve decided it’s past time I start describing “artificial intelligence” as a failed technology, and I’d like to invite you to join me.
“Three years into the generative-ai wave, demand for the technology looks surprisingly flimsy.”
Well. Yes.
Martin Sutherland@beep There's something about this that reminds me of the latest episode of the Decoder Ring podcast, about "protein". Part of the story goes: in WW2 there was a glut of milk production. After the war, the US government propped up farmers who were now overproducing milk. The farmers started to make cheese from the milk, but this produced a ton of waste in the form of whey. Then they discovered they could turn whey into protein powder and now everything has to be packed with "extra protein"...
i.grok@sunpig @beep meanwhile, (some) diabetics really appreciate[d] that because protein slows the absorbtion of carbohydrates, making more food available to safely eat
When you start tracking carb levels in food, it becomes clear that the entire middle of grocery stores is mostly high carb food (meats, dairy, produce, etc tend to be on the edges)
So that fad was incredibly helpful (it's not totally gone but it's largely backed off compared to its height)