Social media also tends to highlight the best parts of people’s lives, creating unrealistic expectations and views for those consuming it and looking at their real life. Now social media won’t even be a highlight reel, but completely fabricated.

I have to imagine there will be a rebellion against all of this at some point, when people simply can’t take the false realities anymore. What is the alternative? Ready Player One? The Matrix? Wall-E?

Which seem to level the play field, at least virtually

Maybe inside of a social network specially for AI, but a concerning number of people don't realize images and videos are AI, even when it's bad AI. As it gets better, and starts integrating the poster's image (like Sora 2), that's going to get even worse.