Im glad OpenAI is publishing this sort of thing. This report is fascinating to read because it is so transparent - showing literal queries, images generated, etc. In the never ending, multifaceted tug of war (red/blue/anti-ai/anti-openai/anti-nuclear etc.) we have somehow lost sight of obvious facts like "its bad for foreign adversaries to operate influence campaigns." It's good for OpenAI to be transparent about this. It doesnt need a crazy conspiracy theory to explain it.

I think Americans in particular need to realize the discussion they are reading online is conducted by people that largely do not have America's best interests in mind - whether they just dont have a stake or they are actively working against it. This is not 2008 when Reddit was 80% Americans.

My point is not that we should all rally as a tribe or something. My point is Americans should stop assuming people engaging in discussion online are hoping America prospers. I single out the US because its a large part of the English speaking internet and used to be a majority group where this assumption was pretty fair. Online discussion spaces have become a lot more diverse over the past decade.