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What do you mean by 'Dead internet'? Are you referring to established platforms like Meta and Twitter?
It's a conspiracy theory regarding the internet being mainly bots
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Internet_theory
Fuck, that's dark.
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Salix is right that it alludes to the Dead Internet Theory.
I don’t actually subscribe to the full theory that the internet is already dead and we only talk to bots, but I do think bot activity may become advanced and pervasive enough to create a “Dead Internet” like scenario (or at least fundamentally alter platforms away from what we currently know as the internet experience)
One of the things I wonder is if an automated internet would cause people to place more value on physical real life interactions. In an internet where all activities, even videos and audio could be the product of advanced machines, perhaps people will prioritize the only thing left they can be sure actually came from a human, physical interactions. Maybe not, but it's interesting to think about.
Then it will be the time for the Android revolution ( life like robots, not a sweet themed OS)