AI saturation causes widespread cognitive fatigue
widespread low-quality ai integration is forcing internet users to perform constant mental verification to distinguish human from machine-generated content.
ubiquitous ai adoption has reached a saturation point where user engagement is dropping due to the effort required to identify and filter out ai-generated slop. specific examples include ai-generated podcast intros on long-running shows and ai-assisted analysis in niche forums disrupting established community dynamics. this infiltration forces users to act as content police, constantly questioning if text, audio, or images are synthetic, which leads to fatigue and disengagement.