A Beginner's Guide to AI

The Dead Internet Theory: What If AI Took Over Years Ago?

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Is the internet still alive, or has it been quietly taken over by bots, AI-generated content, and algorithm-driven engagement?

In this episode of A Beginner’s Guide to AI, we explore the eerie and controversial Dead Internet Theory—the idea that much of what we see online isn’t created by humans anymore but by automated systems designed to manipulate, entertain, and sell.

Are the people you interact with online actually real? How much of the news you read, the trends you follow, and the debates you see are fueled by artificial intelligence? And if AI has taken over, how can we spot the difference between authentic human content and algorithmic noise?

Get ready for a deep dive into one of the strangest AI-related theories out there. We’ll break it down, separate paranoia from reality, and—of course—use cake to explain it all. Because when it comes to the internet, you need to know whether you’re getting the real deal or just another slice of mass-produced, artificially optimized content.

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This podcast was generated with the help of ChatGPT, Mistral, and Claude 3. We do fact-check with human eyes, but there still might be hallucinations in the output. And, by the way, it’s read by an AI voice.

Music credit: “Modern Situations” by Unicorn Heads.

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