The Synthetic Age · Book 2
Dead Internet
The Theory That Sounded Crazy Until It Was True
About this book
The Dead Internet Theory started as a conspiracy theory — what if most of the traffic, content, and interaction on the internet is not human at all? Dead Internet traces how this idea moved from fringe to plausible as AI-generated content, bots, and synthetic interactions have become indistinguishable from human activity. The book examines the evidence, the implications, and what it means for democracy, culture, and human connection when the internet becomes a ghost town inhabited by bots.
Main themes
- Bot networks
- Synthetic interaction
- Online authenticity
- Internet culture
Who this book is for
Social media users, content creators, and anyone who has wondered whether the accounts they interact with are real.