Does the Internet Love Us? (Spoiler: No)

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The internet was supposed to bring us closer. So how did we end up questioning what’s real, who’s human, and whether we can trust it at all?

From the ILOVEYOU virus to AI-powered cyberattacks and a web increasingly populated by machines, this is the story of our most complicated love affair, and why learning to let go might be our next great challenge.
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The internet started as a knowledge-sharing project, became an all-consuming passion, and is now breaking up with us in four stages: Gen Z pulling back from social media, AI deepfakes destroying trust in what is real, AI-powered attacks turning love into hate, and a possible endgame where no one can tell human from machine — leaving acceptance, and rediscovering boredom, as the only way out.