The human internet is dead
Translated from Finnish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
At a glance
- Artificial intelligence is increasingly replacing humans in producing internet content.
- The article revisits the “dead internet theory,” an online claim that bots and AI now generate most internet content.
The internet does not need to be blown up. It is dying, if it is not already dead.
The “dead internet theory” has surfaced repeatedly during the artificial intelligence boom. The idea began as an online rabbit hole and claims that bots and AI now produce most of the content on the internet.
Artificial intelligence is pushing human creators out of online content production.
Originally published by Helsingin Sanomat in Finnish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.