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Are You Talking to Bots? The Alarming Truth About the Dead Internet Theory
Geeky Gadgets ^ | July 1, 2025 | Julian Horsey

Posted on 08/12/2025 9:03:33 AM PDT by Openurmind

What if the internet as you know it—teeming with human creativity, genuine conversations, and authentic connections—was already gone? Bold as it sounds, the Dead Internet Theory suggests that much of the web has been overtaken by bots, algorithms, and now, generative AI. Imagine scrolling through your favorite platform, only to realize that the content you’re consuming, the comments you’re reading, and even the conversations you’re having might not be from real people at all. As generative AI continues to evolve, this once-fringe theory is gaining unsettling credibility. Could it be that the internet has quietly transformed into a machine-driven echo chamber, leaving human voices drowned out by artificial ones?

In this breakdown, Wes Roth explores how generative AI is reshaping the digital world, from creating eerily human-like content to influencing social media interactions and even redefining creativity itself. You’ll discover how this shift raises urgent questions about authenticity, trust, and the very nature of online engagement. Is the internet becoming a space where human connection is sidelined in favor of automated efficiency? Or is this just the next step in its evolution? By the end, you might find yourself questioning not just what you see online, but who—or what—is behind it.

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Conspiracy; Reference
KEYWORDS: ai; algorithms; bots; deadinternettheory; internet; socialmedia
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To: Openurmind
...these things that enslave us...

That has been your constant angle on the situation. I have not been enslaved, and I don't think you have either. People chose of their own free will to follow the destructive course.

61 posted on 08/12/2025 3:49:55 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: GingisK

“I have not been enslaved, and I don’t think you have either.”

I agree, not yet. But you and I are stronger than most. We see more clearly than most. But there is going to come a time every soon where AI is permeated into everything to point where we will not have any option but to be enslaved by it also. Just yesterday my phone service switched to AI customer service and it is now impossible to go over it’s head to a real person.

All the issues are “canned” issues from a list and there are no “unique” circumstances. I doesn’t understand anything outside that list “I’m sorry, I did not get that, here are your options” and if you insist on anything different it just says “good bye” and hangs up. So basically no customer service outside their preprogrammed parameters which of course are always in their favor because business is NEVER WRONG.

Soon every service everywhere will have this feature and there will be no opting out of it for anyone. That is how we will be enslaved against our will. Some of these services are absolutely necessary for survival in a modern world so we will not be able to prevent it, we will be enslaved indirectly also because of the ignorance of others who helped support and create the trend.


62 posted on 08/12/2025 4:12:11 PM PDT by Openurmind (AI - An Illusion for Aptitude Intrusion to Alter Intellect. )
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To: Openurmind

You and I are simply going to disengage from all of that and settle down in a nice place with lots of books and tools. I bet your place out there in AZ is better for that here in GA. So, pick out a spot for me. ;-D


63 posted on 08/12/2025 4:24:31 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Openurmind
...lots of books and tools...

We'll never grow tired of the Apollo argument, even if sometimes I'll require restraints.

64 posted on 08/12/2025 4:26:25 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: GingisK

You bet, I have already began. I am now living off grid energy independent with a few others in a huge iron fenced fortress. And only 20 miles away we have a second backup bug out property on top of a mountain with plenty of food and water. And now my only digital dependencies are communications.

Other than needing phone for only family communications and two sites, I have shut off all other uses period. No apps, no online accounts, no online shopping, no credit or debit cards, no store rewards cards or apps, Etc. I have become a semi Luddite at 98% no digital in my life.

The only tech I still do is in effort to fight big tech enslavement using opposing tech. fighting fire with fire...

If the SHTF you are absolutely welcome my friend... :)


65 posted on 08/12/2025 4:43:03 PM PDT by Openurmind (AI - An Illusion for Aptitude Intrusion to Alter Intellect. )
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To: Openurmind

“But you can hold a human responsible, Responsibility can be ducked and completely negated with machine sources.”

As far as I’m concerned, humans are behind the AI stuff.

If AI becomes a widely perceived threat, people will start cracking down on the people running it.


66 posted on 08/12/2025 4:46:01 PM PDT by cymbeline
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To: GingisK

I don’t know if you remember or not, But I stayed out of that one. That was not me, that was someone else... :)

I hashed that one out in depth and dropped it over 20 years ago... Even though I am tinfoil some topics are best left alone and just stay neutral. lol


67 posted on 08/12/2025 4:46:52 PM PDT by Openurmind (AI - An Illusion for Aptitude Intrusion to Alter Intellect. )
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To: GingisK

Wait... Thinking back I might have played referee to try and defuse the situation. But I am pretty sure I did not take a personal stance either way... :)


68 posted on 08/12/2025 4:52:47 PM PDT by Openurmind (AI - An Illusion for Aptitude Intrusion to Alter Intellect. )
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To: dfwgator
I would dare say that now at least half of new YouTube videos are AI-generated.

I would guarantee that at least half of the YouTube comments are bots. And there is definitely a lot of censoring going on.
69 posted on 08/12/2025 10:10:24 PM PDT by fr_freak (So foul a sky clears not without a storm.)
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To: Openurmind

I talk to bots when on the phone to some company. Then it hears me getting frustrated with the choices and asks “Do you want to talk to a customer service agent?”....


70 posted on 08/14/2025 2:11:42 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Making money now. Still want much more.)
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To: minnesota_bound

“Do you want to talk to a customer service agent?”

Well be ready for that to go away. They will soon remove that option and it will be the bot’s way or goodbye. There will be no way to resolve the issue and you will be completely stuck with THEIR terms like it or not. Zero feedback...


71 posted on 08/14/2025 2:30:25 AM PDT by Openurmind (AI - An Illusion for Aptitude Intrusion to Alter Intellect. )
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To: Openurmind
Yes, the whole internet is now about marketing. Just a search engine exposes this fact. they have almost become useless to get any real information. Just folks who will SELL you that information you are looking for.

Each day Free Republic becomes more important re what is "reality" on the internet!"

72 posted on 08/14/2025 9:32:00 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Dan Bongino: “No matter how much you hate these people, you don’t hate them enough!”.)
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To: Grampa Dave

“Each day Free Republic becomes more important re what is “reality” on the internet!”

That is a fact, and it is one of the few remaining.


73 posted on 08/14/2025 9:58:36 AM PDT by Openurmind (AI - An Illusion for Aptitude Intrusion to Alter Intellect. )
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To: Openurmind

By eliminating the trash even on Free Republic and going to what are good and well written articles posted on Free Republic, instead of the normalinternet trash.

There is less wasted time/less B$ for me.


74 posted on 08/14/2025 12:58:15 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Dan Bongino: “No matter how much you hate these people, you don’t hate them enough!”.)
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To: Grampa Dave
"By eliminating the trash even on Free Republic and going to what are good and well written articles posted on Free Republic, instead of the normal internet trash."

There means less wasted time/less B$ for me.P>There means less wasted time/less B$ for me.

75 posted on 08/14/2025 6:04:06 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Dan Bongino: “No matter how much you hate these people, you don’t hate them enough!”.)
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