The ‘dead internet theory’ makes eerie claims about an AI-run web. The truth is more sinister
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The ‘dead internet theory’ makes eerie claims about an AI-run web. The truth is more sinister
Google is trying to kill the 10 blue links. Twitter is being abandoned to bots and blue ticks. There’s the junkification of Amazon and the enshittification of TikTok. Layoffs are gutting online media. A job posting looking for an “AI editor” expects “output of 200 to 250 articles per week.” ChatGPT is being used to generate whole spam sites. Etsy... See more
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