You seem to think ChatGPT will somehow be immune to the same forces that lead to the "enshittification" of Internet services like search, social media and e-com

You seem to think ChatGPT will somehow be immune to the same forces that lead to the "enshittification" of Internet services like search, social media and e-commerce. Like ChatGPT, these services were a real boon to their users. Then, once they got enough users on board and had to start making a buck, their incentives changed and the users became a secondary concern. The same will happen to things like ChatGPT. See the Cory Doctorow article coining the term "enshittification" for a more elaborate explanation [0]. [0] https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys