Really big datasets like from the Hubble and James Webb are still sent by courier because it’s a lot quicker.
AI is changing the internet.
This might all be leading to something like the datakrash in the cyberpunk universe. That might be part of the plan actually, the powers that be must be getting tired of how easily the common man can find and spread information. Makes it hard to control the narrative.
We’ve probably got a good couple of years before that, but I think it’s kind of the inevitable conclusion for something similar to happen.
So yes. AI is probably going to be killing the internet in due time.
For me it’s not just about the Internet. It’s about the future generation. AI undermines educational and social-emotional development, as well as teacher-student trust.
AI undermines young people’s foundational development in a way that simply can’t be offset by its productivity advantages.
you have less cognitive development
less human interaction which is not good
it diminishes development via cognitive offloading
it impedes social and emotional development
it erodes trust relationships between students and teachers
In the end you have future human beings with declining skills across the board.
But AI can be helpful if used properly as a tool to teach not tell! But it has to be implemented and used properly!
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And we could always have SkyNet all over again, doesn’t even have to be direct, it can just be hallucinating AIs convincing the stupid people to push the button. This is really just a farther out elaboration of what Rick wrote.
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I doubt it will be.
the paranoid in me says…how would you know? Maybe it’s 75%. 
PS: Internet recipes = 99% unreadable AI
Well I am referring to AI’s use with kids and how it’s used and supervised. I do know that there are some good educators out there that are making sure their students understand the good and the bad and how to use AI to learn not just take answers for granted. AI can be used as a learning tool with success if one cares.
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I just read four, five medical guidelines concerning the same disease, then wrote 90 therapy steps per row and what the guidelines say about them in columns. This took me four days to write. Then, I copied the table into several LLMs, Claude Haiku and DeepSeek: to enquire what are cheapest options, what have good evidence (grades are part of the table), what’s not recommended, etc. The LLMs were able to compare the guidelines, the therapies, to distill cheap and expensive therapies etc. Of course, the good data comes from the medical staff that wrote the guidelines.
Depends.
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Technically, if you quoted further down, the “depends” was right there.
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