Yep. My analogy for this kind of effect is McDonald’s (and other fast or prepackaged food). Fast food never eclipsed good food because, well, it’s not that good. But it spreads. It’s just the result of unfettered capitalism (tech is no different in this regard to any other industry).

But it’s also a culture thing…like people trying to convince us that mediocre stuff is good or cool. I mean in this case it’s new because a machine is doing it, but what are OpenAI’s real economic motivations behind all their press releases I wonder…?