#LLM / #AI hype just seems like a repeat of this, but at much higher speed ( #lead wasn't put into #petrol just out of spite but to allow use of cheaper hydrocarbon mixtures, boost profits of a proprietary substance and allow manufacturers to delay improvements to engine design that allowed efficient and reliable running without putting even more poison into the air..

The stuff even destroyed the inventors health, and he died due to a failure of one of his own flawed inventions!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40593353