Dead Internet Theory and OpenAI brand trip: How consumerism fuels AI slop
supremecourtgorl · reddit · 2026-08-24
Reddit user suprememcourtgorl shares their podcast episode exploring how consumerism and influencer culture, alongside AI, contribute to the Dead Internet Theory. The show discusses bot traffic, model collapse, AI slop, and non-AI factors like influencers, rage bait, and the OpenAI brand trip. The post sparks discussion on AI content ecology.
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