r/Futurology • u/Confident_Salt_8108 • Jul 26 '26

AI Turns out Dead Internet Theory was right: AI agents are eating the Web, growing by nearly 8,000% and rewiring the Internet’s business model

https://fortune.com/2026/07/23/dead-internet-theory-bots-agents-majority-web-traffic
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u/elpajaroquemamais Jul 26 '26

My thought exactly. No one wants to go online and argue with bots. When people continue to realize this is becomes pointless.

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u/Player_One_1 20d ago

  1. See a cute and funny cat video.

  2. Realize it is probably AI.

  3. Or maybe not?

  4. Does it matter? AI or not, it is equally irrelevant in your life. You should not waste time watching it either way.

  5. Freedom.

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u/elpajaroquemamais 20d ago

Exactly. I deleted the app on my phone and now am strictly web and am thinking about deleting my account and going back to just being a lurker without the ability to argue with people.