We are witnessing the last years of the human internet. In the near future AI generated news reports, articles, blogs, comments and eventually even pictures and videos will become increasingly indistinguishable from that produced by real humans operating in the real world.<p>Powerful groups will mass populate the internet with fake content to skew public perception. Imagine the power of being able to generate a million realistic comments from realistic profiles across social media websites with the click of a button. Today they already control the online narrative via selective moderation and algorithms which only show you certain posts, but being able to mass generate human-level content will be a game changer. Its already happening on websites like Reddit where bots are rampant and blend in with other users, occasionally referencing brands or pushing a narrative.<p>Today, you can be reasonably sure I'm not a bot, but in 2040 you won't be so sure. This is why its important that a service like the Wayback Machine or, even better, the Ethereum blockchain exists, to timestamp webpages and media for future observers. Content provably produced before 2022 will be considered more likely to be human produced.