Microwave bros once claimed restaurants were cooked — a jab at today's AI hype
kylegawley · x · 2026-10-07
kylegawley mocks AI hype with an analogy: when microwaves were invented, "microwave bros" went around claiming restaurants were finished and everyone would cook for themselves. His point: every new tech wave brings overblown disruption predictions, and history rhymes.
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