The Gray Area: The End of the Human Internet

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Today, we're bringing you an episode of "The Gray Area," another great show from the Vox Media Podcast Network.


In this episode, host Sean Illing talks with Atlantic writer Charlie Warzel about the increasingly weird experience of being online. They discuss AI-generated content, bots, algorithms, the “dead internet theory,” and why so much of the web now feels artificial, manipulated, or unreal. They also explore psyops, conspiracy culture, social media, and the deeper question lurking beneath the AI boom: What are human beings actually for?


Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling)

Guest: Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel)


Come see Kara live in DC. She is sitting down with Former Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on July 16 at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, and you can be in the room. ⁠Register now⁠.

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Today, we're bringing you an episode of "The Gray Area," another great show from the Vox Media Podcast Network.


In this episode, host Sean Illing talks with Atlantic writer Charlie Warzel about the increasingly weird experience of being online. They discuss AI-generated content, bots, algorithms, the “dead internet theory,” and why so much of the web now feels artificial, manipulated, or unreal. They also explore psyops, conspiracy culture, social media, and the deeper question lurking beneath the AI boom: What are human beings actually for?


Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling)

Guest: Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel)


Come see Kara live in DC. She is sitting down with Former Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on July 16 at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, and you can be in the room. ⁠Register now⁠.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2026-07-06 42 min
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