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Here lies the internet, murdered by generative AI | Corruption everywhere, even in YouTube's kids content (www.theintrinsicperspective.com)

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What do people mean when they say “the internet” in this context? The social internet of the 2000s?

I say this it feels unimaginative to me to say that the internet is dead. Social media? For the major platforms, sure. But the Fediverse feels alive and novel, and the Internet itself is certainly not going anywhere - could you imagine if email went away?

I don’t know, I am in large agreement that the internet has gotten worse, with that accelerating with generative AI. But I also feel like being driven away from Big Tech platforms has led me to learn more about how the Internet actually works and to discover topics and communities that I hadn’t before. Maybe the internet isn’t wholesale dead, just changing

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I think we have to try harder to find good content these days. AI, whilst continuing this, did not start it. The masses becoming 'online' started this. More nonsense got posted because everybody thought that every one else should hear their voice, and what they had for breakfast, and how their little toe bends slightly differently to their fourth toe.

It's just become over populated.

The fediverse feels quite nice to me because it isn't so populated yet. People don't seem to be screaming over eachother so much.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Believe it or not, this is what the internet felt like for the most part prior to 2005 or so. I just don’t think there are chat rooms anymore.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

There are, but they're hosted on Discord now. It's pretty much entirely taken over that niche.

I miss IRC.