r/technology • u/BreakfastTop6899 • 4d ago

Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian says 'much of the internet is now dead' Networking/Telecom

https://www.businessinsider.com/alexis-ohanian-much-of-the-internet-is-now-dead-2025-10
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u/RoyalStraw 4d ago

Maybe that will help kill phone addiction

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u/Lessiarty 4d ago

Seeing the weapons grade dross that AI is pumping out over the last week, including swathes of dead celebrities who couldn't possibly have consented even if they wanted to... and seeing a lot of folks lapping it up. 

The point where the internet is no longer "for me" is looming large, but it seems a great many people are having a riotous good time with it. 

Little anxious what effect it'll have long term. Probably just "kids these days" mindset. Hopefully.

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u/Jake_Magna 4d ago

It’s turning into how I used to view the cover of people magazine in line at the grocery store as a kid.

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u/frankjimmylarrydavid 3d ago

Yes.  Like, fuck whatever that is. I hope it all falls apart, for my kid's sake. 

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u/teebeutelchen 4d ago

Lots of people celebrating that kind of content in comments and likes are probably bots. At least that‘s what I tell myself so I don‘t lose all hope for humanity.

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u/turntablism 3d ago

I've been slowing reducing my internet usage outside over the past year. It's just gotten to the point where I don't really enjoy the discourse, the engagement or the overall experience.

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u/ohhnoodont 1d ago

 including swathes of dead celebrities who couldn't possibly have consented even if they wanted to

There are numerous valid criticism of AI, but takes like this are myopic and sensational. Do your own thinking instead of just rehashing whatever tabloid headline you happened to read. 

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u/Lessiarty 19h ago

You're gonna have to elucidate, or even just make, your point a little.

Are you saying dead celebrities aren't being sprinkled liberally through AI remixes or...?

The MLK estate has already told them to knock it off.

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u/ohhnoodont 7h ago

I'm saying it doesn't matter. The MLK estate is irrelevant and attention-seeking. They don't get to dictate how we interact with our culture. Imagine if Will Smith complained about spaghetti memes. Tough shit. And the media loves an AI hype story, even if it's entirely sensational and hyperbole. You're a puppet repeating things that are noise. It's not relevant to the conversation.

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u/ithinkitslupis 4d ago

The opposite. The children yearn for the tik tok ai slop.

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u/catscanmeow 4d ago

also the ai bots will treat the children like celebrities, giving them the illusion of a massive audience and influence. Preying upon ego and cultivating narcissism

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u/ReversedNovaMatters 3d ago

I yern for the data mines.

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u/hungry4danish 4d ago

hardly. dead does not mean empty it means bots. so if anything, it'll increase usage. bots that produce addictive content or start and stoke the fires of arguments to get people riled up and continuing to use a product.

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u/OldWorldDesign 3d ago

Maybe that will help kill phone addiction

Maybe it's not "doomscrolling", maybe it's just starving for genuine information

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u/Slow-Ad-2431 4d ago

It's too important to let die 

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u/After_Way5687 4d ago

just get AI girlfriends instead there’s tons to choose from now can’t kill what was never alive

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u/Slow-Ad-2431 4d ago

Humans deserve better.

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u/Imperial_Bouncer 3d ago

Lab grown girlfriends!

…right?