‘Dead Internet Theory’ explained: Why Reddit founder blames ‘quasi AI’ and ‘LinkedIn slop … – Mint

Over the past four years, the “dead internet theory” has emerged as a -conspiracy and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian appeared to back the idea. The dead internet theory first surfaced on Reddit and has since garnered interest, with many people saying that the internet has now been taken over by bots. Speaking to the hosts of the TBPN podcast on Monday, Ohanian blamed quasi-AI and LinkedIn ‘slop’. “You all prove the point that so much of the internet is now just dead—this whole dead internet theory, right? Whether it’s botted, whether it’s quasi-AI, LinkedIn slop,” Ohanian said. “Having proof of life, like live viewers and live content, is really f–king valuable to hold attention,” he added. Not just Alexis Ohanian, AI founders like Sam Altman also appeared to somewhat agree to the dead internet theory conspiracy. “I never took the dead internet theory that seriously, but it seems like there are really a lot of LLM-run Twitter accounts now,” he wrote on X last month. What is the dead internet theory? The dead internet theory got attention on Reddit a few years back. One post on Reddit by a user named IlluminatiPirate, viewed more than 3,62,000 times, which elaborates on
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