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AI is the New Plastic is a short but thought-provoking blog post by Linus Lee, drawing a comparison between AI and — you guessed it — plastic.

The piece explores how plastic became revolutionary and wildly popular in the 1950s, identifying similar patterns in the rise of AI today. Just as plastic brought tremendous benefits but also significant ecological downsides, Lee highlights that AI faces parallel challenges in the modern world.

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Read on Notion’s blog