This doesn’t seem like a side effect of AI, this seems like an effect. Maybe Sam is really this dense, but I mean, one of the first businesses was character.ai. This will only get worse as AI gets better, and, counterintuitively maybe, leaning into this is the only way to get widespread adoption. (If that’s what you want)

Yeah, this is performative on Altman's part. Why would he want to cut off a good chunk of his revenue?