Dead Internet Theory just got confirmed — bots and AI now over 57% of all web traffic

Cloudflare CEO drops the hammer
AI agents crushing real humans for the first time
Whole internet drowning in fake noise

Link: https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic#bot-vs-human

Dead Internet Theory claims that most online activity is no longer generated by real humans but by bots, AI, and automated systems. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince just confirmed this is now reality, with AI agents and bots surpassing human traffic for the first time at over 57%, turning what many dismissed as a tinfoil hat idea into hard data.

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