When the dude said social media is a cancer on society, that's what I have been thinking for a few years now.
The way it was introduced, and defended over the years, from a champion of democracy, to what it is now.
That whole argument that it's just a tool and it depends on how you use it is such bullshyt. It's impacted every major facet of modern public life. Politics, terrorism, the financial industry, every business you cam think of, books, movies, music, our whole lives are centered around social media, whether we use it or not. The most powerful people in the world are using it. That alone is fukking wild. Justice Department officials. Presidents.
So, conversely, the idea that it wouldn't affect person to person interpersonal relationships is just laughable. Of course it does. Of course it has. You can probably chart the escalation in this thread, where people are debating the content of instagram and our IMessages from 10 years ago, to now, where we are all like none of us have any clue what this done to everyone. I think AI will be like this too.