This almost reads like soft disclosure of the "dead internet theory."
For those not read into the theory . . . it posits that the vast majority of users on the net are in fact NPCs (non-player characters) meant to simulate a living ecosystem of human interaction on the web. For those who have been around forums for the last couple of decades, its been abundantly clear that bots have been present in nearly all mainstream sites during this timeline.
This almost reads like soft disclosure of the "dead internet theory."
For those not read into the theory . . . it posits that the vast majority of users on the net are in fact NPCs (non-player characters) meant to simulate a living ecosystem of human interaction on the web. For those who have been around forums for the last couple of decades, its been abundantly clear that bots have been present in nearly all mainstream sites during this timeline.
Link to Patent: https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/bd/7e/18/090a3343402b42/US20250175448A1.pdf