AI Protocol Memes: From TCP/IP to MCP
MrIvanAM · x · 2026-07-19
A meme contrasts "past protocols" with "current protocols":
- The old days featured TCP/IP, DHCP, HTTP, and TLS, depicted as a lineup of muscular bodybuilders.
- Today, they are replaced by MCP, A2A, skills.md, and literal wiki, looking more like a group of meme characters.
The joke highlights that these emerging "protocols/specs" in the AI ecosystem are becoming infrastructure just like legacy internet protocols, albeit in a more chaotic and playful way.
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