Dead Internet Theory Gains Traction as AI Content Surges Online

Much of the internet still runs on human traffic, but more and more it’s beginning to feel less human. As AI-generated posts, bots, and automated agents spread across major platforms, researchers say the online world is starting to resemble the concerns raised by the Dead Internet Theory, the idea that much of what people see online is no longer produced by humans but by automated machines built to imitate them. When the notion first circulated a few years ago on conspiracy forums like 4Chan and...