The state of AI and social media shows capitalism is unlikely to end with a robot rebellion

A Threads logo with a Twitter logo in the background. ‘Twitter launched in 2006; Facebook dates from 2004 … So why haven’t the sites become correspondingly better, instead of, well, kind of merde?’ writes Jeff Sparrow. Photograph: Avishek Das/Sopa Images/Shutterstock

In a recent post for her Thesis Whisperer blog, Inger Mewburn described the evolution of social media as a process of “enshittification”.

The term, borrowed from Cory Doctorow, perfectly captures the trajectory of the major platforms, all of which provide a significantly crappier experience than they did even a few years back.