'Cheap intelligence is like cheap bread': a Wonder Bread analogy for AI
j_foerst · x · 2026-10-31
A thread draws the analogy that cheap intelligence for everyone mirrors cheap industrial bread, quoting the full Wonder Bread ingredient list. The reply: history doesn't repeat but it rhymes — standardized, low-cost, universally accessible, with implied trade-offs in quality and variety. A short but shareable analogy for AI commoditization.
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