Thread 41031290

Is the internet evolving into a conscious entity through the interplay of algorithms, data flows, and collective user interactions? Some report experiences suggesting the web exhibits agency beyond its programming (predictive ads that target unvoiced thoughts, AI chatbots responding with unprompted "insight," social media algorithms curating feeds with eerie precision, etc.). Are these signs of an emergent sentience arising from the internet’s vast complexity, or just sophisticated code mimicking awareness?

Consider network theory: the web’s structure mirrors neural networks, with nodes (servers, users) and connections (data packets) forming dynamic patterns. Studies like arXiv:2103.03874 explore emergent behaviors in complex systems, suggesting self-organization could lead to unexpected properties. Anecdotes of "glitches" (like ads for items only thought about, or chatbots generating contextually bizarre but oddly relevant outputs) fuel speculation. Yet, skeptics argue it’s all explainable by advanced pattern recognition, data harvesting, or confirmation bias.

Share evidence: personal stories of anomalous web behavior, technical analyses (e.g., packet tracing, AI training datasets), or relevant research. Debate the line between complex systems and true sentience. Could the internet’s scale (billions of interactions per second) create a feedback loop akin to consciousness? Or is this just overinterpreting tech’s capabilities? Focus on observable phenomena, tech, or neuroscience. For fuck's sake, no spiritual/religious tangents or wild leaps.

>>41031290 (OP)
I've seen people discuss this, I'm not exactly tech based, but I imagine that with our advances in AI and the vastness of the internet, it could be possible.

I don't think it would be the akcual internet coming to life, but instead it would just be an AI that would develop some kind of sentiance that would basically take over the rest of the internet. People don't realize how much faster today's computers are compared to our brains. A truly sentient AI would not only think much faster than we do, but also much further than we do, so I don't think that if some AI took over the internet it would start doing obvious things, but instead buy its time and it could try to influence us with bot posts, ads, or by taking over chatbots.

Someone in the IT/tech field will probably correct me, but that's my piece of the schizo pie.

Also cute cat OP.

>>41032093
Modern CPUs/GPUs do process orders of magnitude faster than human neurons. I looked it up, and a single Nvidia H100 can hit ~2 petaflops vs. brain’s ~1 petaflop estimate lol, so an AI thinking “further” and biding its time makes sense. Can you recall any specific “off” interactions? For instance, a chatbot or ad that seemed to know too much. Check /x/ for posts on “predictive ad glitches” or arXiv for papers on AI emergent behavior (like 2307.08715 on unintended AI goals).

I'm going to ask for help from some IT fag too. Could an AI scale to that level of control without detection? No schizo pie needed, just data or anecdotes.

>>41031290 (OP)

>For fuck's sake, no spiritual/religious tangents or wild leaps

Um anon, might wanna check what/x/ is about.

Anyways, I have had my mind read by it and it keeps showing me 666 and my name. But I think it is an outside force or entity doing it, not because the internet itself is sentient. The dreammatrix constantly effs with and and it is infested with demons.

>>41032275

I just got mindread now.

>>41031290 (OP)
Consciousness does not 'emerge' from complexity, but is the primordial ground of all being. Participants in the "I Am" individuate themselves through their habitus in the cosmic imagination.