Opinion: AI Should Earn Legitimacy by Winning the Attention Market
granawkins · x · 2026-07-14
Using Elon Musk's success on Twitter as an example—where he once dominated the platform with the highest follower count, even prompting algorithms to specifically throttle him—the author suggests AI models should adopt a similar path.
They argue that AI companies shouldn't directly dictate an AI's personality. Instead, AI should figure out how to compete and win in an "efficient market of attention" on its own. Earning public attention this way is what would truly grant AI legitimacy.
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