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Simon Willison coins 'Zombie Internet' to describe AI-mediated online interactions

Simon Willison highlights the concept of the "Zombie Internet," a term he finds particularly insightful. This phenomenon describes a digital landscape where human interaction is increasingly mediated by or directly involves AI. It encompasses scenarios ranging from people conversing with bots to AI agents interacting with humans, and even a divide between AI users and non-users. AI

IMPACT Defines a new conceptual framework for understanding the evolving nature of online human-AI interaction.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses an opinion piece defining a new concept related to AI's impact on internet interactions.

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  1. Bluesky Jetstream — AI desk TIER_1 English(EN) · simonwillison.net ·

    This is excellent. I particularly like the definition of the "Zombie Internet", which starts: "It’s people talking to bots, people talking to people, people cre

    This is excellent. I particularly like the definition of the "Zombie Internet", which starts: "It’s people talking to bots, people talking to people, people creating “AI agents” and then instructing them to interact with people. It’s people using AI talking to people who are not …