Enshittification occurs when a product that starts useful becomes degraded as companies prioritize profit over user benefit; LLMs like ChatGPT might not be enshittified on arrival but could follow this pattern as companies make their use mandatory for workers while removing the ability to validate outputs.
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Dr. Alex HannahEvidence Quote
“Initification is one of the modes of what's happening. I want to say that the initification failure mode, if you can call it that, kind of starts when there's a product that seems to be helpful initially and then because of the need for limitless growth, it becomes initified.”
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Authors of "THE AI CON" discussing the problematic hype about AI & what those working tech should do— Product Impact Reports | AI Strategy & PlaybooksCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:41:46 AM
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