The Fire Was Never Gone: How a Meme Led to the Next AI

Sometimes, you read a meme.

Sometimes, the meme reads you.

What started as a semi-viral LinkedIn post—an interview anecdote involving Prolog, a confused Meta engineer, and AR glasses—seemed like a throwaway story. But peel back the absurdity, and you reveal something deeper: the story of AI's abandoned core, and perhaps, its way home.

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