Emad Mostaque: We Have to Assume the Internet Will Go Offline in the Next Few Years
gumby · hn · 2026-09-06
A Hacker News thread discusses an interview with Emad Mostaque, former Stability AI founder, who argues that within a few years we must assume the internet will go offline in a meaningful sense: as AI-generated content floods the web, trust in online information collapses and people may retreat to closed, verifiable information environments. Commenters debate the plausibility of the prediction, how badly AI slop has already degraded the web, and what an 'offline internet' would actually mean.
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