Today, The Verge reported that OpenAI is building a social network. While I can mildly appreciate sticking the middle finger to Zuckerberg and Musk, I’m so tired of the Silicon Valley pissing contest.
I use OpenAI nearly every day at the moment. I totally understand all the complaints and problems with AI. I get it, and I am conflicted about it, but it has become an incredibly useful tool to me too. That said, I’m almost positive that the unbelievable amount of money being shoveled in to OpenAI will almost certainly rot the brains of leadership and it will become a toxic shit show like nearly every big tech company has become. Social network seems like an unbelievable accelerant toward inevitable enshitification.