The article discusses the growing prevalence of AI-generated content online, which the author terms the 'Zombie Internet' - a phenomenon where human-AI interactions are becoming increasingly entangled and difficult to distinguish. It highlights concerns about the mental exhaustion of filtering AI content and how AI is distorting human communication styles, with examples ranging from automated social media accounts to AI-generated books being sold as authentic works.
Background
As AI language models have become more sophisticated and accessible, there has been an explosion of AI-generated content across the internet, raising concerns about authenticity and information quality.
- Source
- Simon Willison
- Published
- May 12, 2026 at 03:21 AM
- Score
- 7.0 / 10