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The ‘dead internet theory’ makes eerie claims about an AI-run web. The truth is more sinister (theconversation.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (6 children)

I don't think content is

predominantly being created and automated by artificial intelligence agents

At least, not yet. And to be fair, the internet between say 2015 and 2020 was already a huge garbage dump that made searching for information quite hard.

This is paradoxical in part, but it makes sense. It was hard to find something in the early internet because it may have been missing in digital, it is hard now because there's too much information.

So maybe the problem will get worse because of the use of AI, and we will do something. Or not ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

Go to any of the "question" subreddits (AITA, TIFU, AskReddit, Two Hot Takes etc etc) and tell me that 95% of the content isn't posts by LLM. Claiming its a throwaway is an easy way to hide the fact that it's a new user with no post history, only difference is now they interact with users to get better understanding of where social lines are drawn.

Every single one has a username like danger -skyscraper-1376 and is obviously a chat GPT scenario asking obtuse questions that normal humans wouldn't need guidance on "my wife slept with the entire office, but we're illegal immigrants with 15 kids and divorce isn't an option. AITA if I want a PS5 pro that I don't share with anyone but my alternate Partner??"

The internet isn't "dead" but it is a corpse marionette that tells people whatever they want to hear, gives them straw man enemies made of everything they love to hate, and convinces them everything they think and feel is absolute truth.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Every single one has a username like danger -skyscraper-1376

The usernames are randomly generated when creating an account. It could simply be people that can't be bothered to change it, like I did.

It's no secret that old popular posts including popular top comments are reposted by bots though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

And woe betide you if you ever say "Wow, where can I buy that shirt?"

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