Long Live the Web

From Jeffery Zeldman, on speculation that the AI has killed the web:

It would be like a parasite that kills the host body.

Perhaps some might argue, “Sure, but what about the web as we know it?”

I launched my first site more than 25 years ago. The only web I’ve ever known has never stopped changing.

They say AI will replace the web as we know it, and this time they mean it. Here follows a short list of previous times they also meant it, starting …

Receipts: a brief list of prominent articles proclaiming the death of the web.
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2 responses to “Long Live the Web”

  1. The first part of this sounds very real. AI services like Google’s AI overview and ChatGPT are parasites that feed and strangle the open web.

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