Is AI Slop Killing the Internet?

02 Sep 2025 • 24 min • EN
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AI chatbots are replacing search engines—and in the process, they’re gutting the economics of journalism, reviews, and the open internet. In this video, we explore how tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Google’s AI Overviews are intercepting audiences, scraping content without compensation, and threatening the viability of independent news and trusted information. From collapsing traffic to lawsuits and poisoned training data, this is a story about what happens when the web’s information economy starts to eat itself. Patrick's Books: Statistics For The Trading Floor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3eerLA0⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Derivatives For The Trading Floor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://amzn.to/3cjsyPF⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Corporate Finance: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3fn3rvC ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ways To Support The Channel: Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/PatrickBoyleOnFinance⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/patrickboyle Mentioned Videos Benn Jordan‬ Poisonify:    • The Art Of Poison-Pilling Music Files   Benn Jordan on AI Cameras Breaking The Creepy AI in Police Cameras   Angela Collier on Vibe Physics: vibe physics   My Video on Blitzscaling: The Rise And Fall Of Blitzscaling!  

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