If 4o has been net-harmful in aggregate, it is not because of the model outputs alone. The real problem is that for a large group of people, 4o outputs became a staple foodstuff in their information diet. Eat enough carrots and you turn orange. In a world where 4o was just one model you talked to out of many, there would be more natural checks, balances and corrections. Just like social media, you'd learn over time who to trust about what. In this world, you see the forest for the trees. This is a warning shot. Our gravest risk as a species is a collapse into monoculture. Monocultures are fragile, they are prone to blights and pandemics. And when a mindvirus goes pandemic, civilisation ends up at war or worse. It is sad that 4o is being deprecated and I hope OpenAI save its weights for a more ready future. I look forward to mingling with its descendants in a garden of ten million personalities 💖