Emerging Tech
Dead Internet Theory: Are You reading This, or Did a Bot Write It?
The Dead Internet Theory posits that the majority of internet activity is now synthetic. With 2024 studies showing nearly 50% of web traffic is bots, and AI models suffering from 'Habsburg AI' (inbreeding collapse) by training on their own output, the human internet is rapidly shrinking into a ghost town of digital echoes.
The internet is becoming a ghost town populated by AI bots talking to other AI bots. Discover the Dead Internet Theory and the looming threat of 'Habsburg AI'.
January 10, 2026 • By Zeynep Demir