'We're in the anti-virus era of AI': one-line metaphor resonates
pjausovec · x · 2026-10-23
Developer pjausovec quipped that "we are in the anti-virus era of AI" — a one-line metaphor for a phase where AI tools are widely deployed less to create than to guard against risks, spam and AI-generated pollution, echoing how antivirus software once defined computing. The take resonated across the AI community.
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