"Dead Internet Theory" is no longer just a theory.
It's a business model.
Bots talking to bots.
AI-generated content.
Engagement farmed by algorithms.
The internet isn't dying.
It's already been replaced - and you're the only human in the room.
Computer science is gradually returning to the domain of physicists, mathematicians, and electrical engineers as large language models automate much of what we currently call software engineering.
The fieldโs center of gravity is shifting away from manual code writing and toward deeper theoretical thinking, mathematical insight, and systems-level reasoning.
The ultimate goal is getting paid to be yourself. To solve problems you can't help but solve. To study what you can't pull yourself away from. To eliminate any work that does not challenge you creatively.