ChatGPT Space: a dystopia of centralised context
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- ChatGPT Space could create a centralization flywheel for OpenAI by accumulating user context and data, leading to dystopian levels of power.
- The author proposes an open-source alternative to ChatGPT Space, demonstrated in a 2-minute proof-of-concept.
- OpenAI's commercial incentives range from competing with Notion and Microsoft 365 to gaining control over the world's data and context.
- Owning user context enables strong vendor lock-in and provides valuable model training data, reinforcing OpenAI's market dominance.
- Central allocation of intelligence by a few companies risks gatekeeping access and imposing arbitrary decisions on users.
- The author shares a personal account of being banned from OpenAI after sharing a critical essay, highlighting power imbalances.
- Dystopia does not require malice; economic incentives alone can lead to problematic outcomes without structural changes.