AI's GeoCities Era: Enjoy the Janky Wild West Before It Gets Slick
dioscuri · x · 2026-10-02
The author compares today's AI ecosystem to the GeoCities era of the web — rough, experimental, and full of grassroots energy. Their take: this wild- experimentation phase is worth savoring before everything gets polished and slick.
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