When AI Reaches Our Dinner Plate: The Artificial Egg Reality Check

byMonse

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3 months ago

I just scrolled past a reel about artificial eggs, and honestly? It hit different than all the other AI content flooding our feeds.

We've gotten used to AI writing our emails, generating our images, and even having conversations with us. There's something almost abstract about digital AI—it lives in our screens and apps, separate from our physical world. But artificial food? That's crossing into territory that feels deeply personal.

There's something unsettling about the idea that even something as basic as an egg—this perfect little package that chickens have been producing for millions of years—now needs a tech upgrade. Are we solving a real problem here, or are we just innovating because we can?

Don't get me wrong, I understand the arguments. Environmental impact, animal welfare, supply chain resilience—these are legitimate concerns. Lab-grown alternatives could theoretically address serious global food challenges. But there's still this gut reaction (pun intended) that says we're messing with something fundamental.

Maybe it's because food is so tied to culture, tradition, and trust. We already worry about what's in our processed foods, and now we're voluntarily adding more processing? The transparency question becomes huge when your breakfast was designed in a lab rather than laid by a hen.

The weird part is how normalized it might become. Ten years from now, will we be having the same "remember when eggs came from actual chickens?" conversations we now have about physical maps or landline phones?

I'm not anti-innovation, but something about artificial food hits a different nerve than artificial intelligence in other areas. Maybe because while I can choose not to use ChatGPT, everyone needs to eat.

What's your take? Is this the natural evolution of food technology, or are we solving problems that don't really exist? Because honestly, I'm still processing the idea that my morning scramble might soon be more software than agriculture.