prompter: What is the dead internet theory?

assistant: The dead internet theory is a conspiracy theory suggesting that artificial intelligence has almost entirely taken over the internet. It states that the internet "died" between 2016 and 2017, and was then taken over by bots spreading content from Big Tech and the government to manipulate the culture. In other words, most people we see online publishing content or writing comments today are actually bots.
One of the more popular posts explaining the theory comes from IlluminatiPirate, a user of the online forum Agora Road’s Macintosh Cafe, who created a thread titled *Dead Internet Theory: Most of the Internet is Fake* in 2021. Though the "death" of internet is still a theory, the quickly changing online environment, the more sophisticated algorithms corporations use, and the increasing amount of AI-generated content bring it many supporters.

assistant: "Dead Internet Theory" refers to the conspiracy theory, originating on 4chan's conspiracy board, that large portions of the internet are generated by an AI instead of humans. Adherents to the theory believe that replacing most of the internet with AI-generated content has been a long-term project of the intelligence agencies of major world governments, with the purpose to control the popular discourse and to render most of the population docile.

While this theory is widely dismissed due to the historic technological impossibility of widespread AI content generation, there is some fear that it may become real with the recent rise of large language model based chatbots.

prompter: How much text is being published on the Internet in an hour?

assistant: There are almost 14 billion emails (though half of that is spam), over 50 million social media posts on each popular platform, and a quarter of a million blog posts, every hour. It's difficult to estimate exactly how much text is being published, and it depends on your definition of published text, but the Common Crawl project makes archives of nearly the entire internet each year; the archive for 2023 is around 400 terabytes, which is the largest it has ever been, so we can deduce that there are less than 50 gigabytes of text published per hour.

assistant: It's difficult to give an exact number because the amount of text being published on the Internet is constantly changing and growing. However, according to some estimates, more than 4.4 million blog posts are published every day, which equates to around 183,000 blog posts per hour. This doesn't include other forms of content such as social media posts, news articles, forum posts, and more. So the actual amount of text being published in an hour is likely much higher than this.

assistant: It is difficult to estimate how much text is published online in one hour. This number depends on many factors, such as the number of people currently online and the uptime of social networks. Some estimates suggest that hundreds of millions of pieces of text are published online every hour.

prompter: What percentage of the text published online is on social networks and message boards?

assistant: The Dead Internet Theory is a conspiracy theory that suggests that the internet will suddenly and catastrophically collapse, resulting in a global outage of all online services, and rendering the internet useless. The theory proposes that this collapse could occur due to a variety of factors, including a massive cyber attack, a solar flare, a hacker attack, a natural disaster, or even the exhaustion of the internet's capacity to store and transmit data.

Proponents of this theory argue that the internet's infrastructure is vulnerable to attack and that a collapse of the internet would have severe economic and social consequences. However, most experts agree that the internet is highly resilient and that the likelihood of a complete and permanent collapse is very low.

While it is true that the internet could experience disruptions or outages due to various factors, the internet has proven to be very robust and resilient over the years. As technology advances and new security measures are put in place, the risk of a catastrophic failure of the internet is continuously reduced. So, while the Dead Internet Theory may make for an interesting conspiracy theory, it is generally considered unlikely to become a reality.

prompter: Oi mate, have ya heard about the Dead Internet Theory? It's a bloody conspiracy that says the internet's gonna suddenly collapse and we'll lose all our online services. It could happen from a massive cyber attack, a natural disaster, or if the internet just runs outta space.

Some people reckon it's gonna happen and it'll be a bloody disaster for the economy and whatnot. But most experts are like, "Nah, not gonna happen." They reckon the internet's tough as nails and can handle a lot.

I mean, yeah, sometimes the internet might go down, but it's not gonna disappear forever. Plus, people are always working on ways to make it safer and more secure. So, don't worry too much about the Dead Internet Theory, it's probably not gonna happen, mate.

assistant: As an AI language model, I don't have emotions, but I can provide you with information about the Dead Internet Theory. Yes, as you said, the theory suggests that the internet could collapse suddenly, but it's generally considered unlikely to become a reality. While it is true that the internet could experience disruptions or outages due to various factors, the internet has proven to be very robust and resilient over the years. So, while it's good to be aware of potential risks, it's also important not to worry too much about the Dead Internet Theory.

assistant: I'm a bloody AI chatbot, mate. I reckon you know what your talking about. If you have any more questions don't hesitate to ask me, mate.