OpenAI Veteran on Bot Flood: Social Media May Retreat to Trusted Circles

OpenAI founding member iamtrask initially claimed the flood of AI bots and spam is unfixable, predicting online discourse will retreat to email and trusted acquaintance networks—though he later walked this back as potentially fixable. He also envisions everyone vibe-coding their own social UIs atop messaging services, ending platform lock-in and the attention economy.

2026-11-11 ~ 2026-11-11 · 3 related posts

• iamtrask says bot-infested feeds are unfixable — the future is email plus a web of trust — iamtrask · 2026-11-11
• OpenAI founding member backtracks: 'maybe the problem is fixable' after predicting email-only future — iamtrask · 2026-11-11
• iamtrask: Vibe-Coding Social UIs on Messaging Apps Could End Platform Lock-In — iamtrask · 2026-11-11