Dead Internet Theory

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Status: #seedling

Tags: #internet #web-3 #gen-ai

Dead internet theory - conspiracy theory that suggest that the internet consists of generated content and bot activity manipulated by algorithmic curation to minimize organic human activity.

Claims:

  1. the organic human activity has been replaces by bots, generated content
  2. state actors are doing this to manipulate the population.

Since 2024, it's been used to refer to the increase of AI generated content.

While not scientific in nature, it reflects the public perception of the Internet.

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