AI nostalgia: generative AI was supposed to be surreal, not slop menus at the bodega
andrey_kurenkov · x · 2026-09-27
A meme-style lament circulating on X: generative AI was originally expected to produce hallucinatory, liminal, surreal imagery, but in practice it has ended up churning out low-quality AI menus for local bodegas. A light cultural jab at the gap between AI's artistic promise and its mundane output.
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