Sam Altman's Bot Dilemma: Can You Trust Online Posts?

Reddit shareholder Sam Altman is worried: can he even tell real people from bots online anymore? After noticing suspiciously similar posts praising his own company's software, Altman questions if social media is drowning in AI-generated content and fake accounts. He explores how human behavior now mimics AI, the pressures of social media trends, and the rise of astroturfing, making it nearly impossible to discern genuine opinions from manufactured ones. Is the internet just bots all the way down? And can a new social network, potentially from OpenAI, solve the bot problem, or are echo chambers inevitable? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.