There's a 100% Chance AI Agents Are Ruining the Internet
The author argues that the rise of autonomous AI agents is already negatively impacting the internet by increasing spam, security risks, and general digital annoyance. The piece critiques the shift from chat-based AI to agents with permission to interact with personal accounts.
Why it matters
It highlights the practical, immediate consequences of AI integration into daily digital workflows beyond existential risk theories.
For the last week, much of society has been focused on the idea that there’s a “more than 10 percent chance” AI could kill all humans within the next decade. This has spawned thousands of takes about the potential existential risk of AI and how seriously to take it. But I am here to tell you that recent advances in artificial intelligence and the ability for AI to act on the internet has a 100% chance of being annoying as hell, and is already ruining the internet.
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