Content is a complement to a social network: the cheaper it is to create content, the more content is available, the easier it is to optimize a feed, the larger the time people spend in the platform, the higher the revenue. GenAI is just a method to drive the cost of content creation to zero.
It’s really the ultimate nightmare with the internet becoming just TV 3.0 in which content is controlled and curated … you just consume mindlessly.
Any attempts to create a Reddit clone.. or system in which people freely communicate is now “regulated” for “hate” speech or “terrorism”. The days of open discourse … appear to be numbered. Even email will be analyzed by AI to look for “trends” or “optimize” employee efficiency.
It really is time for a new internet.
> Any attempts to create a Reddit clone.. or system in which people freely communicate is now “regulated” for “hate” speech or “terrorism”.
The fact is that many “systems in which people freely communicate” are regularly first adopted by people who participate in hate speech and terrorism.
> ... Infinite Jest, also called "the Entertainment" or "the samizdat". The film is so compelling that its viewers lose all interest in anything other than repeatedly viewing it, and thus eventually die.
https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/