In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen
August 19, 2025
As a restaurant owner – I’m astounded at the rate of progress since microwaves were released a few short years ago. Today’s microwave can cook a frozen burrito. Tomorrow’s microwave will be able to cook an entire Thanksgiving Dinner. Ten years from now a microwave may even be able to run the country.
Yes, we are generally positive about the use of generative AI, particularly when it comes to software engineering. But it doesn’t mean we didn’t get a good chuckle out of this piece of satire. I think it does fairly skewer at least some of the boosters of this technology.
I also think it makes a more subtle point. Microphone. I’m sure that in the 1950s people did think this about microwaves. And yet, there are a few homes In the developed world today that don’t have microwaves. They’re just not used for cooking everything. They’re used for specific tasks when they are very, very convenient. And I can say that as someone who currently does not have a microwave and certainly from time to time wishes that they did.
