I get the ref, but... these days, aren't antim*i*metics more of a thing? (& less of a fun fiction?) To be more concrete: such technology either already exists

I get the ref, but... these days, aren't antim*i*metics more of a thing? (& less of a fun fiction?) To be more concrete: such technology either already exists now, or has a better shot at preventing stale & shallow (human) takes from hoarding the frontpage.