The big-idea explorers at Aperture dive into the mind-bending concept of the Dead Internet Theory to question whether most of the internet is actually run by artificial intelligence.

Exactly three years ago today, Elon Musk tweeted that 90 percent of his tweet replies on what was then called Twitter were bot accounts. His insistence that Twitter was essentially one large bot farm ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote a tweet about the dead internet theory and was instantly informed that he was part of the problem. What is the theory, and how does it hold up in 2025? ByDani Di Placido, ...

Dead Internet Theory originated on the fringes of the internet as a mix of conspiracy and satire about the rise of automation and digital manipulation. The theory suggests that most activity online is ...

(NEXSTAR) — Have you ever considered that most people on the other end of your social media conversations may be artificial intelligence? Some suggest it’s becoming more and more likely every year. It ...

Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks during Snowflake Summit 2025 at Moscone Center on June 02, 2025 in San Francisco, California. Credit - Justin Sullivan—Getty Images "i never took the dead internet theory ...

Ever heard of the ‘Dead Internet’ theory? No worries if not – it basically boils down to followers of the theory believing that a majority of interactions between “people” on the internet do not ...

A big conversation is taking place right now about how much of the internet is actually still human. People have been circling around this topic for a long time, but Reddit co-founder and CEO Alexis ...