The Internet removed constraints from the analog world, and AI is finishing the job. That this may be the final blow for the Internet as a source for truth may ultimately be for the best.
AI is eating website traffic, websites are blocking AI – and reliable information is getting harder to find
AI has broken the economic bargain behind the web, and everybody is losing.
AI is killing the web. Can anything save it?
The rise of ChatGPT and its rivals is undermining the economic bargain of the internet
What Was the Internet?
As AI overtakes the web, five writers reflect on how far it’s fallen and what comes next.
What Was the Internet?
As AI overtakes the web, five writers reflect on how far it’s fallen and what comes next.
It’s the End of the Web as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
AI is disrupting web search and publishing, perhaps for the better…
Can AI slop help us save the internet?
Disrupting the status quo and opening space for new visions
Millions of Volunteers Are Keeping the Internet Human. For Now.
We’re never going back to the human internet we had. But we can hope for a better internet than the AI-dominated one that is emerging, writes Sarah Gilbert.
AI Slop and the End of Knowledge
As an early fan of the internet, I was amazed that all the knowledge of the world was becoming available to everyone, everywhere, all the time. But things have changed.
Drowning in Slop
A thriving underground economy is clogging the internet with AI garbage — and it’s only going to get worse.
It Seems a Lot Like Dead Internet Has Actually Come True
The latest data shows that most of the internet is now being dominated by bots and AI agents, making it deader than ever.
Is Google about to destroy the web?
Google says adding more AI to its search engine will rejuvenate the internet. Others predict an apocalypse for websites. One thing is clear: this era of online history is closing.
AI is now unpopular. That may not make a difference.
X’s Latest Content Findings Reveal Troubling Trends In AI Moderation
The rise of AI-led moderation is changing the future of online discourse, but it's not without risks.
AI FOR EPISTEMICS & COORDINATION
Civilization and technology have radically improved the human condition. Nonetheless, the world sometimes goes in directions which essentially nobody would prefer — e.g., nuclear arms races, unexpected financial crashes, predatory marketing, or ubiquitous political misinformation.
AI Mode is obviously the future of Google Search
The internet’s biggest search engine is going to be unrecognizable in just a few years.
"The forces that are now shaping AI are the same forces that turned the open internet into monopolistic platforms, converted peer-to-peer participation into precarious labor, and enclosed the digital commons. They are now threatening to capture and enclose thought itself." osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/qahd3_v1/
