ChatGPT CEO Says Internet Is Run By Bots: What’s Up?

The president of ChatGPT, Sam Altman is doing an interesting projection and here’s a look into the same. The “Dead Internet Theory” is getting attention again after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made comments about it.

This theory says that much of the internet is no longer run by humans but is filled with bots, fake accounts, and AI-generated content. Many people used to see it as just a conspiracy, but Altman recently admitted that it may actually be true to some extent.

Altman said he once did not take this theory seriously, but now he notices that many accounts on social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter) are clearly run by large language models (LLMs) instead of real people. This means a lot of the online conversations and posts we see may not be created by humans at all.

Critics find this ironic because Altman himself is one of the main people behind the AI boom that made this possible. It is like pointing out a problem that he also helped to create.

Reports also say that nearly half of all internet traffic in 2023 came from bots. This raises big concerns about trust, misinformation, and whether online spaces are still “real.” Altman’s words have made many people take this theory more seriously.