2026-08-08T16:58:37.275317Z

Cloudflare says humans could become a "rounding error" as bots generate 1,000 times more internet traffic

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TechSpotCloudflare says humans could become a "rounding error" as bots generate 1,000 times more internet trafficCDN and cybersecurity giant Cloudflare held its Q2 earnings call on Thursday, during which chief financial officer Thomas Seifert gave a concerning prediction about what the web...

2026-08-09T02:05:59.117877Z

SpaceCowboy@SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca

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I’m reminded of the episode of TNG where they trapped Moriarity in a simulation so he would think he had taken over the ship.

Maybe we can just have an internet just for billionaires where they have AI produce internet content so they can advertise useless AI products to AI bots run by other billionaires while the rest of us go on with our normal lives in the real world?

2026-08-09T04:53:34.434928Z

1984@1984@lemmy.today

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Replying to @⁨SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca⁩

We have that, it’s called social media. But the rest of us are not living our lives without it, seemingly…

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2026-08-09T13:29:46.527779Z

mobyduck648@mobyduck648@lemmy.world

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It can be done, I just bought an e-ink phone and it’s caused my use of commercial social media to plummet. Admittedly I’m saying this on Lemmy, but I think Lemmy has more in common with the forums of yore than ‘social media’ as it’s generally understood.