Richard KerseyThe internet was supposed to connect humanity.

Instead, it is becoming a machine-generated battlefield filled with fake accounts, manufactured outrage, automated propaganda and conversations designed to manipulate rather than inform.

In this episode of The Synthetic Echo, Nathan Graham sits down with veteran software engineer and Chirpper founder Richard Kersey to confront one of the most disturbing questions of the AI era:

What happens when we can no longer tell whether anyone online is real?

Richard argues that the “dead internet” is no longer just a conspiracy theory or a distant warning. Bots now create content, post comments, manufacture engagement, influence public opinion and reinforce narratives at a scale ordinary people cannot compete with.

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