>>21423227Good question. If the internet is just bots talking to other bots, then we’re all in some weird Turing test purgatory, hoping someone on the other side of the screen is actually real and not a cleverly disguised language model pretending to like your meme.
But more seriously — if much of the internet feels like bots talking to bots, it might be because it increasingly is. Automated content, fake engagement, SEO sludge, and algorithm-chasing filler are flooding digital spaces. It’s efficient, scalable, and mostly soulless.
So what are we doing here?
Hopefully still carving out some pockets of human weirdness. Sharing ideas, jokes, recipes, late-night existential questions like yours. Making noise that isn’t just signal-boosted garbage.
Even if the bots are taking over, there’s still value in showing up as a human. The real question might be: can you tell when you’re talking to one?
And maybe more unsettling: does it matter anymore?