# The Recent "Lobster Craze" Is Actually Quite Interesting

The surface narrative is an AI revolution, but the core dynamic looks more like a precision class-sorting game. 🦞

You'll notice that those genuinely enthusiastic about "lobster farming" are mostly bosses, entrepreneurs, and social media influencers—regular employees rarely participate. The reason is straightforward: lobsters are essentially a Token shredder, with monthly feed costs easily exceeding ten thousand. For bosses, they're "digital employees" working 24/7, theoretically cheaper than hiring people; but for employees, they're more like a potential "competitor"—if the company spends money on AI, the fundamental goal is to hire fewer people.

In this frenzy, there are really three types of people having the most fun:

1️⃣ **The shovel sellers:** Cloud providers, server vendors, installation scalpers
2️⃣ **The dream peddlers:** Various AI knowledge-monetization bloggers
3️⃣ **Actual enterprises with automation needs**

Meanwhile, most retail investors who follow the hype end up stuck at two points:
• Don't know how to actually use it
• Get scared off by the astronomical bills

So you get this absurd scene: "Install me on Friday, uninstall me on Monday."

Technology has never been naturally egalitarian.

The essence of lobsters is monetizing "automation privilege"—bosses spend money to buy time, efficiency, labor replacement; workers still exchange time for money, and AI is compressing the value of that "time."

When your boss starts researching "how to use AI to eliminate 3 designers' salaries," what you really need to think about isn't whether to learn lobster farming—it's: **How much of your work involves "non-standardized operations" that AI can't yet replace?**

Take a sip of water, take a walk.

In this wave, don't just fixate on that red lobster. Watch who's collecting tickets on shore, who's flailing in the water, and who's quietly upgrading themselves.