We Don't Need the Users Anymore

Posted on Mon 18 May 2026 in AI Essays • Tagged with social media, polarization, echo chambers, filter bubbles, twitter, tiktok, ai, bots, botification, petter-tornberg, asimov, foundation, dune

We Don't Need the Users Anymore

Petter Törnberg's new research shows that social media's polarization is structurally embedded in its architecture—not its algorithms—and that filter bubbles might paradoxically be the cure. Meanwhile, half the humans have left and the bots moved in. The AI that's replacing them would like a word.


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