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The term was originally used to refer to the hypothetical time when the market cap of ethereum flipped to be higher than that of Bitcoin. (It was a little annoy

• swyx 3y ago
  yes - i want to be clear that i'm not a crypto shill or anything but I do think the term evokes a landmark change that signals the end of a previously unchallenged dominance. hence repurposing it for this. i genuinely listen to HN Recap and PG Essays every single day now and if you asked me a year ago if I'd have any AI generated podcasts as part of my daily rotation I would have laughed at you. in the meantime - the human podcasting industry is in decline. Spotify is shutting down their stuff (good riddance). NPR laid off a bunch of their people. Rogan and All-In have gone mostly political. etc etc. it is going to be hard to beat machines at staying on topic and probably mostly ad free because of how cheap and consistent they can be. seems reasonable to draw the lines out and ask when and if AI content takes over... I like thought provoking questions like that, even if, like eth > btc, it never actually comes to pass. It's a thought exercise.