this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2025
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I don't think this is really a very good allegory. The author has written 835 words and only managed to express that:
It's not surprising to me that some people didn't get that it was about AI.
The allegory would work better if:
To make these points, I think the metaphor needs to be something a little bit more complex than "blue food colouring." Perhaps food made by a food replicator would make for a better example.
An argument doesn't have to be all-encompassing to be effective. This is arguing against the enshittification caused by and unavoidability of AI for the average end user. It doesn't have to list everything wrong with AI for that to be valid.
In this case, it's just preaching to the choir. The purpose of an allegory is usually to present a convincing argument to people who are as yet unconvinced, by presenting the argument from a different point of view that they haven't considered.