Sam Altman Concerned That the Whole Internet Now Feels Fake as AI Takes Over

"Has Sam Altman spent too much time talking with ChatGPT lately, or has he finally taken a break from his delusion-inducing chatbot and smelled the roses? We ask because the man responsible for unleashing the Automated Soulless Text Machine on the world has recently caught on that the internet has started feeling super fake, and he's now pontificating about this novel observation again on X-formerly-Twitter, seemingly mystified at how this all came to pass."

"His analysis is that it isn't just AI spam that's creating this impression, but the fact that people are themselves beginning to write like the chatbots they're helplessly addicted to. "Real people have picked up quirks of LLM-speak," Altman said. Along with that, he blamed the extreme back and forth of the hype cycle, "optimization pressure from social platforms on juicing engagement," and, of course, bots."

Sam Altman reacted to visible praise and perceived inauthenticity on social platforms and questioned whether interactions are increasingly fake. He attributed the effect to AI spam, people imitating chatbot phrasing, hype cycles, and platform optimization pushing engagement. The piece notes widespread adoption of influencer-style, image-conscious behavior that further blurs genuine expression. The critique highlights a contradiction in recognizing the problem while downplaying personal responsibility, given Altman's leadership in developing large language models. The internet environment is portrayed as becoming more artificial both through corporate dominance and a rising volume of bots and engineered content.

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