We’re rewinding to our Dead Internet Theory episode — because a year later, it hits harder than ever. Plus: fresh AI news that proves the theory isn’t just holding up, it’s accelerating.
LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Dead Internet Theory | Wikipedia
Anthropic | Tracing the thoughts of a large language model
Transformer Circuits | On the Biology of a Large Language Model
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