One-Third of the Internet Is Bots Now
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- #Dead Internet Theory
- #AI Bots
- #Automated Traffic
- Nearly one-third of all internet traffic comes from AI bots, according to Cloudflare.
- Bots from companies like OpenAI and Anthropic scrape website data to train AI models.
- Sam Altman of OpenAI acknowledges the prevalence of fake users and bot interactions online.
- The internet's social contract has shifted from driving traffic to original sources to providing direct answers via chatbots.
- The Dead Internet Theory suggests the internet is becoming less human and more automated.
- Corporate bots are diluting human creativity, leading to a loss of uniqueness in online content.
- A 2024 report from Imperva estimates nearly half of all internet traffic is automated and growing.
- Corporate interests are replacing human communication and self-expression with automated systems.
- Big Tech is accused of strip-mining the internet for content, leaving behind an empty shell.