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We know the Internet exists, but do we really know who...or what is pulling the strings and causing you to spend more and more of your time in the grasps of its pixelated glow? The Dead Internet Theory explores the idea that the majority of what exists online is created by AI, designed to engage, divide and possibly even conquer.

Is this a simple algorithm designed by Corporate America to bring users flocking to their product or is this the beginning stages of the robot revolution that will eventually take over mankind?

Zack and Phil speculate on this week's episode of The Disconnect.

In the mid-\\u201990s, the internet took the world by storm. For the first time in history, everyone had access to an unprecedented amount of information. In those early years, the entire web was curated by skilled webmasters who understood the inner workings of the internet. Over time, new technologies allowed everyone to share their thoughts and ideas with the world.

Recently, bots were let loose online to fulfill a variety of tasks. Most of these robots perform necessary and helpful tasks. Unfortunately, however, some were deployed for malicious purposes. Major sites across the web have documented the rapid increase in bot traffic on their platform over the past few years. The increased A.i. traffic has led some people to theorize that the internet is dead and the bots have taken over. The theory that we\\u2019ve lost control of the world wide web is known as Dead Internet Theory, and this is its story.