A expert has warned that social media will soon be "full of bots" which will create a "zombie internet". Olivia DeRamus, known as the , posed the chilling prediction as fellow gurus have banded together to share their grave concerns about the boom in AI and its exceeding advancement. The founder of , a social media platform for women, feels that social media in particular is losing its 'social' aspect as a surge of fakeness is threatening to impede on human connection.
And she predicts that brainless bots will soon overwhelm social media as we know it. Speaking to Daily Star, Olivia warned: "People don't realise how many fake accounts there are, let alone content, on the internet. "A national digital security expert once told me about half of social media accounts are fake.
A 2023 study in Ireland showed that almost 1/3 of adults have fake social accounts. "Fakeness on today's mainstream social media platforms is nothing new, but the massive increase in casual AI generated content is certainly intensifying an issue that was already starting to come to a boil. "Authenticity is rare on today's internet, despite the millions of people who hope to use these very platforms to find it.
" Although many people seek socialisation through their screens, Olivia feels this will be made redundant in the near future as AI content surges onto every platform. From the deepfake Pope in a stylish puffer jacket to an to celebrate and reward some of the most 'beautiful' computer generated forms, .
