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I thought I was the only one pondering on this. It's been a wild ride and I'm so glad I got to take part in the 90s, when web 1.0 was wild and free. What a blast that was.
But it's over now, we've ruined it, like we ruin everything, and I hope soon we'll all be collectively ready as a species to dance on the grave of our dead internet.
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For real, people have plenty of reasons to be pissy with AI, but if it has the power to destroy the current internet, there are massive silver linings.
Sadly whatever replaces it will be even worse.
this has nothing to do with ai though
watch this if you can't read ☞ techlore - The UK Just Broke the Anonymous Internet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiR7aQs3JTU