Sam Altman says social media is just bots talking to bots

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00:00Sam Altman says social media is just bots talking to bots.

00:04Sam Altman recently became skeptical about social media, questioning if posts are genuine.

00:10While browsing R slash Claude Code, dedicated to Anthropics Claude Code,

00:14but now discussing OpenAI's codex, Altman noticed frequent announcements of users switching tools.

00:20There were so many tool switch announcements that people joked about posting them.

00:24Altman couldn't believe these were genuine, tweeting about assuming they were bots

00:28and questioning the internet's authenticity.

00:30He pointed specifically at factors.

00:33AI mimicry, style emulation, repetitive drama, engagement-focused platforms, and bots.

00:40OpenAI's AI mimics humans yet was trained on Reddit,

00:43highlighting the irony and a full circle of concerns.

00:46Social networks struggle with copycatting, feuds, and fake campaigns justifying Altman's concern.

00:52Altman even confirmed OpenAI has been the target of the latter.

00:55The larger concern is bots might dominate the internet.

00:59Imperva reported over half of 2024 online traffic was non-human.

01:04Grok X's AI estimates hundreds of millions of sitebots.

01:08Others think Altman's words hint at an OpenAI social network.

01:12However, whatever his motive, his broader argument holds true.

01:16Social media is getting less human,

01:18and that is perhaps because people and machines are becoming increasingly indistinguishable.

01:25financial takers to hate,

01:47of course.