alt.hn

3/26/2026 at 2:02:02 PM

AI and bots have officially taken over the internet, report finds

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/26/ai-bots-humans-internet.html

by arbuge

3/26/2026 at 3:47:21 PM

what happens to online revenue for everyone if say 90% of the traffic becomes bots?

by vivzkestrel

3/26/2026 at 4:37:16 PM

Presumably the usage of humans stays relatively constant and costs for infrastructure increase 5 to 10x.

Just means you just pay out 1/10th as much per traffic; you already had some estimator for signal to noise measuring buying likelihood. It's just gonna drop

by knollimar

3/26/2026 at 5:12:58 PM

That depends to a large extent on whether & when the bots will be endowed with spending power.

by arbuge

3/26/2026 at 4:04:09 PM

As long as humans keep using the internet I can’t see it mattering too much. Has this impacted the amount people who are using social media I wonder.

by shalg

3/26/2026 at 4:04:20 PM

Hopefully it goes to zero

Maybe if the internet's value is absolutely destroyed we can start over. Or just bury it in the past

by bluefirebrand

3/26/2026 at 4:42:38 PM

Because the major user of internet is also change to AI and bot, human only talk to AI and bot instead of search on Internet

by chinadata