Dead Internet Theory Becomes Reality Online

In January 2026, a writer documents pervasive AI-generated web content, noting homogeneous Google results and citing data like 51% automated web traffic (Imperva, 2025) and Moltbook's 1.4 million AI 'users' in its first week. The piece presents a five-technique 'AI Slop Detection Framework'—specificity, writing-pattern, expertise, image authentication, and source reputation—and recommends tools and search tactics to filter machine-produced content.