There’s been no greater seismic shift on the Internet within the past decade than the explosive growth and adoption of AI tools and technologies over the past few years. But along with the meteoric adoption of AI’s usefulness and integrations, there’s also begun a correlating rise in obscure content being created which seems… less-than-human.
An internet-centric concept called the Dead Internet Theory has become more prominent within the public consciousness and seeks to explain what’s going on in terms of the state of the web right now.
However, it’s important to note that while some claims within Dead Internet Theory are readily visible, other aspects of it lean very much into the realm of conspiracy with no observation or objective proof to substantiate any of its more audacious claims.
In this article, we’ll help examine what exactly Dead Internet Theory is, the ways in which it’s currently true, plausible, and …