They’re really hoping to recreate the addictive properties of Social Media that led to it’s titanic growth and domination. That’s why they want to get it in front of as many people as possible. The problem is that people just don’t get hooked on it the same way, and without the kind of massive buy-in that sees the kind of ENORMOUS ROI these foundational model-makers need, it’s all going to crash at some point.
Tbh, I don’t think they intend to follow through with promises of a social media platform, jobs platform, OS, web browser, or hardware development in a meaningful timeframe. It’s all a façade.
They’re really hoping to recreate the addictive properties of Social Media that led to it’s titanic growth and domination. That’s why they want to get it in front of as many people as possible. The problem is that people just don’t get hooked on it the same way, and without the kind of massive buy-in that sees the kind of ENORMOUS ROI these foundational model-makers need, it’s all going to crash at some point.
Tbh, I don’t think they intend to follow through with promises of a social media platform, jobs platform, OS, web browser, or hardware development in a meaningful timeframe. It’s all a façade.
Exactly, just pillow-talk for investors. Er… in a manner of speaking!
tbf chatbots do unintentionally recreate some of the things that gets people hooked to gambling but it’s not enough apparently
Definitely! And the recent uptick in cloying sycophancy is another dark pattern the LLM corps are trying out.
i was thinking of this specifically https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/05/generative-ai-runs-on-gambling-addiction-just-one-more-prompt-bro/
it has bits of gambling thing, it has a bit pf psychic con, it has a bit of perpetual yes-man