I Became the Cute One in the Troubleshooter Squad

Some might know this story already, but there’s a theory called the “Dead Internet Theory.”

Its premise was simple: the majority of content on the internet is actually created by AI and bots.

In other words, all the news, videos, and posts you encounter online are fabricated, and even the reactions to them come from fake accounts that don’t really exist.

The idea was that we’re easily manipulated by fabricated public opinion created by someone else. Essentially, it was just another conspiracy theory.

Still, this theory has been around since the old days, when there was no technology capable of achieving such feats.

It was merely a quirky internet topic to laugh about and move on from.

However, as technology advanced, this became more than just a joke.

Fake news and falsified data, so cleverly manipulated that it became almost impossible to tell what was real, flooded the internet to the point of overshadowing genuine information.

Fake accounts, also known as bots, mimicked human behavior so well that they could sway public opinion with reactions that seemed more human than human.

This had a particularly profound effect on the millions of non-humans, who were more vulnerable to manipulation through media and marketing.

“We can’t let ourselves be toyed with by AI any longer. It’s time we created an internet space exclusively for real humans.”

This situation was unwelcome to everyone—except for the select few who had orchestrated it.