> I managed to convince my parents to get AOL when I was 12. I made a Geocities site at 14.

> they get to feel creative for possibly the first time ever.

They're experiencing what you experienced at 14. And, no offense, your Geocities site that you made at 14 was probably not very good.

Now, there is still a difference, because people had to deliberately go to your site, and what this guy is doing is more like polluting a commons. That is a problem. AI makes it much more of a problem, because it becomes much easier to spew lies (or just slop).

I think what's going to happen is that we're going to develop better slop senses (eventually). There will be a return of gatekeepers, because keeping slop and lies out will be more valuable than letting new things in.