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Is the Internet Just AI and Bots? | Dead Internet Theory

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True Crime, Society & Culture

4.84.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2024

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

The Internet is filled with message boards and comments sections, but how do you know if the person you’re talking to is real? With the rise of AI and language models many subscribe to the belief that the internet is an empty wasteland of bot activity. Today, we’re discussing the dead internet theory. Sensitive topics: extremist conspiracies. Content warning for websites mentioned; stay safe and avoid going to any unfamiliar sites. Welcome to the season 1 finale! After this we will be taking a few weeks to figure out what comes next so please follow us on our socials to stay informed! @_TrevorC @AlfredoPlays @xchinyoung @_jillen @Schwartzanicker

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0:00.0

The internet is filled with message boards and comments sections, but how do you know if the person you're talking to is real?

0:19.0

With the rise of AI and language models, many subscribe to the belief that the internet is an empty

0:23.3

wasteland of bot activity. Today let's discuss the dead internet theory. This is

0:29.9

Red Web. Welcome back Task Force to a very special episode of Red Web.

0:41.6

I am your resident mystery enthusiast, Trevor Collins, and

0:44.6

joining me hearing this mystery for the very first time, Alfredo Diaz.

0:49.0

So we've covered hundreds of topics on this show and you know I'm the person on the show that doesn't know about these

0:56.8

mysteries around the world. Sure. I'm very enthralled by them. Uh-huh. I had no idea there's

1:02.0

like this theory of dead internet

1:04.4

dead internet theory yeah and I mean so it's something that I that's my job you know

1:10.3

right like it's our job We do this on the internet and I'm on it every day.

1:16.4

So I just didn't like, I'm so intrigued like where is it dead sites? Is it like,

1:25.2

not like is there a dead Instagram like is that theory behind that I don't where where do the different I like how deep does it go

1:29.6

what's real what's not real supposedly you know what I'm saying also I don't know my because I was like all right last

1:36.1

episode like season one is what we're kind of saying right now but in my mind I was like

1:41.4

it's masking to hit me with something like this is wild but I thought I was like

1:44.4

hit me something up like it the year is 3,000.

1:47.6

I'm like what do you mean what do you mean?

1:50.6

What does it work?

1:51.6

What? I didn't know that? Well, that's a good ploy. I should have done it. I should have scrambled your brains here on the end of season one.

1:58.0

And I'm calling this the end of season one here after three years nine and a half months. Yeah, that's a good season.

2:03.0

That's a good season.

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