Data viz veteran: cheap AI intelligence will spawn a raft of pointless projects
Elijah_Meeks · x · 2026-10-20
Elijah Meeks argues in a spat with @EricLengyel and @ChristerEricson that the AI project they're celebrating is pointless, merely enabled by cheap intelligence. He predicts such "pointless though interesting" projects will become increasingly common as AI grows more powerful; the other side responds with disbelief.
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