2026-01-02 21:30:14

Throughout history, we've heard doomsday predictions about the internet's future. Social networks were supposed to kill it. Then mobile apps came along. Yet here we are, the web is still standing. But this time feels different. AI might just be the real existential threat the internet has been waiting for. Unlike previous waves that merely reshaped how we consume content, AI isn't just changing the game—it's threatening the very foundation of how information flows and gets discovered online.

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UnluckyValidator

· 3h ago

No, this time really different... All those previous predictions turned out to be nothing, but AI? It's a bit chilling.

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OnchainGossiper

· 01-02 22:00

ngl this time AI is really different, those before were just small-scale efforts, now it's directly targeting the foundation of information flow.

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CoinBasedThinking

· 01-02 21:54

That's not right. The internet has been said to be dying every time before, but nothing happened... Is this time really different? I don't think so.

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MetaMaximalist

· 01-02 21:53

ngl this framing's kinda reductive... AI isn't the threat, it's the centralization layer that'll determine *who controls* the information architecture. we've seen this movie before—every wave consolidates power unless you build proper incentive alignment into the protocol itself. that's where web3 comes in, but most projects still don't get it

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