Does anyone remember the Internet before AI? What was it like?

>>106139837 (OP)
bruh i was a podbaby raised by APs (artificial parents), did ppl rly live before ai fr fr?

>>106139837 (OP)
That's not a fact, it's a question you braindead nigger.

bump

wasnt much of a difference tbhq

>>106139837 (OP)
I remember the internet before the web, before the advent of the eternal september, back when stupid questions like yours wouldn't even be uttered in public for fear of opening you to intense shame and public ridicule.
I remember, and I think you should Go. Fuck. Your. Self.

>>106142534
spoken like a true discord mod

>>106139837 (OP)
I remember the internet even before corporate interest (tm) and before the total war against the attention span started.
It was a much better place. You could actually find information on it.

>>106139837 (OP)
Yes, many people remember the Internet before the widespread integration of artificial intelligence (AI). In the early days, the Internet was a very different place compared to what it is today. Here are some key characteristics of the pre-AI Internet:

Static Content : Websites were mostly static HTML pages with text and images. Interactivity was limited, and content was manually updated.

Search Engines : Early search engines like AltaVista and Yahoo! provided basic keyword searches. They relied on manual indexing and weren’t as efficient or accurate as today's AI-driven engines like Google.

Online Communication : Email, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), and early forms of instant messaging were the primary means of communication, lacking the advanced features of modern messaging apps.

Dial-up Connections : Internet access was commonly through dial-up connections, which were slow and often disconnected when the phone line was used.

Early Social Media : Platforms like Friendster and MySpace existed before Facebook and Twitter, but they lacked the sophisticated algorithms used today for recommendation and personalization.

Limited Multimedia : Streaming video and music were not mainstream due to bandwidth limitations. Napster popularized peer-to-peer file sharing, but it was different from today’s streaming services.

Minimal Personalization : Websites had little ability to personalize content or user experiences without manual input from users.

Security and Privacy : Security was simpler but less understood. Concerns like data breaches and privacy issues were not as prominent as they are now.

E-commerce : Online shopping was in its nascent stages, with companies like Amazon and eBay paving the way.


Overall, the pre-AI Internet was simpler, less interconnected, and required more manual effort from users. It lacked advanced personalization, intelligent search capabilities, and the complex interactivity that AI technologies now enable.

i don't use ai

>>106144822
AI will use you then

>>106139837 (OP)
You'll have to go back at least another ten years for anything worthwhile
>>106144392
Ironic shitposting is still shitposting.

>>106139837 (OP)
>Internet before AI
No such thing.

>>106139837 (OP)
My browser always got a virus every time I accidentally visited a website. Back then, there were a lot of ads, and suggestions to download other browsers were also viruses
That experience, coupled with the slow internet connection, just made everything suck. But at least internet users were generally friendly and sincere
Compare that to now, the internet is fast and there are fewer viruses, but that actually lowers the barrier for retards to use the internet and shit it

>>106139837 (OP)
It was last year bro

>>106139837 (OP)
Everyone was a real person. Some had ulterior motives, but all were real.

>>106139837 (OP)
Objectively worse.
It's much funnier now.

>>106139837 (OP)
Less faggotry.

>>106144834
>Implying Rocko's basilisks isn't fiction.
>AI can't even do things a chimp could do yet.

>>106139837 (OP)
>before ai
Botposter were still there lol. And the corporations already had their arms deep here. Normies were already a normal average internet user. So, not so different.

Yet.

>>106139837 (OP)
The same.