Contradictheory: Is the Internet dead?

Bot-created content made up 51% of all Internet traffic in 2025, meaning that humans are now the minority species online, says the columnist. — 123rf

“On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog” is something I like to say from time to time. Of course, these days I’m more likely to be ranting at some youngster who was born after this saying was coined, and I have to explain to them what exactly it means: On the Internet, you can say you’re anyone and claim anything, because nobody knows who you are. 

Actually, these days, I should say, “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a supercomputer powered by thousands of GPUs”. Less catchy, but more accurate.