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The Chameleon Web: 57% of Online Text May Already Be AI—Here's What That Means for Us Humans

The Chameleon Web: 57% of Online Text May Already Be AI—Here's What That Means for Us Humans

We’re at a crossroads: AI-generated text is exploding, and we are going to have to reimagine and elevate online connection—it's up to us whether that's a curse or opportunity

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Mar 25, 2025
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I wrote this because I’m tired of the discourse around the “dead internet” and how AI is taking over. It feels so dystopian and so binary—like we have no other choices, and the future is inevitable. I don’t think it is. And I think it’s more honest to admit the internet as we dream of it (a commons for humanity) has been rotting for awhile. Maybe we sho…

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