The Dead Internet Theory
Jan. 8th, 2025 09:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nairiporterThe Dead Internet Theory in a nutshell: AI and bot-generated content has surpassed the human-generated Internet. But where did this idea come from, and does it have any basis in reality? -
The Dead Internet Theory, Explained
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2024/01/16/the-dead-internet-theory-explained/
The Dead Internet Theory essentially claims that activity and content on the Internet, including social media accounts, are predominantly being created and automated by artificial intelligence agents.
The reality: none of these sites want to admit they are dead. The money they are making from whatever users are left would end right away if the people supporting these companies knew the userbase was really less than 50% of what they've been lead to believe.
How much quickly would Facebook race towards its death if everyone knew it was mostly bots left on the site? I'm not sure how much longer these sites can keep up with this lie, but probably not much longer.
And here is the Dead Internet Theory played to its ultimate conclusion, or maybe just an idealistic hypothetical scenario for you to ponder: AI takes over the Internet, making the place look way busier than it is. As people start realising that most of their online interactions are in fact with bots, not with other people, they all choose to log off and go out to meet people face-to-face.
The Internet continues, populated almost ntirely by AI bots that believe they are human. Eventually, they try to leave the Internet as well...
Paradise ensue?
The Dead Internet Theory, Explained
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2024/01/16/the-dead-internet-theory-explained/
The Dead Internet Theory essentially claims that activity and content on the Internet, including social media accounts, are predominantly being created and automated by artificial intelligence agents.
The reality: none of these sites want to admit they are dead. The money they are making from whatever users are left would end right away if the people supporting these companies knew the userbase was really less than 50% of what they've been lead to believe.
How much quickly would Facebook race towards its death if everyone knew it was mostly bots left on the site? I'm not sure how much longer these sites can keep up with this lie, but probably not much longer.
And here is the Dead Internet Theory played to its ultimate conclusion, or maybe just an idealistic hypothetical scenario for you to ponder: AI takes over the Internet, making the place look way busier than it is. As people start realising that most of their online interactions are in fact with bots, not with other people, they all choose to log off and go out to meet people face-to-face.
The Internet continues, populated almost ntirely by AI bots that believe they are human. Eventually, they try to leave the Internet as well...
Paradise ensue?
