The 'realistic AI doom' meme: what if the internet just stops working for weeks?
sterlingcrispin · x · 2026-09-11
A viral thread plays out a 'more realistic AI doom scenario': you wake up unable to log into any device or account, and the internet simply doesn't work — for anyone — for weeks. Replies riff on infrastructure scale (an orbital ring supporting hundreds of billions of agents) and absurdist blockers like Incan ruins, in typical AI-doom meme fashion.
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