Medium Regurgitation

Dead Internet Theory & Entropic Echoes

Everyone wants to be original, of course, and that’s proving to be quite a challenge in 2025 with all the unrequested rehashes, superfluous sequels, and cultural backwash.

“Oh boy, a live-action/CGI-hybrid remake of a beloved cartoon!”
-Absolutely Nobody

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While I’ve stumbled across some gems of originality and creativity here on Medium (see:

Friday God

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Infinity of Infinities

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Brian Buseck

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Alex Baia

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Ossiana Tepfenhart

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Story Waters

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Christopher David

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Matthew

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Sender Spike

, and plenty of others), it’s hardly a platform exempt from the goofy gobbledygook of AI-generated attempts at mimicking humanity.

There are a number of “writers” with incredibly large followings which I suspect are almost entirely LLM generations with minimal human involvement, except in collecting the checks. It applies to almost all sectors: apologetics, money-making tips, writing about writing, sexuality…I think there are even AI pages dedicated to “writing” about the dangers of AI, though I’m not going to point fingers — I have no tangible confirmation of any of my suspicions.

I’m not directly accusing anyone of plagiarism — a serious no-no in the world of writing — but I am noticing a…