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> He made a new industry. He didn't cannibalize an existing one. I don't see how you can claim the second part is true. Cars directly cannibalized other forms
by cthalupa 9mo ago
> He made a new industry. He didn't cannibalize an existing one.
I don't see how you can claim the second part is true. Cars directly cannibalized other forms of self transportation.
- apercu 9mo ago? Cars don't "eat" horses. I wouldn't equate "making redundant" with "consuming"
- direwolf20 9mo agoLLMs don't literally eat artists. I think you understood the metaphor.
- cthalupa 9mo agoCannibalizing a <product/industry/etc.> is a common phrase to describe the act of a new thing outcompeting an existing thing to another thing to the degree that it significantly harms the market share, sometimes to the point of figurative extinction. Redundancy is a very common reason for this to occur. It has nothing to do with literally eating.