BONUS PREVIEW: This is the dot-com crash all over again [Part 2]

BONUS PREVIEW: This is the dot-com crash all over again [Part 2]

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June 5, 2026 · 11 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of major tech companies shifting their products towards AI and the potential consequences for the internet.

What would the internet look like if major tech companies like Meta and Google were no longer usable? With Google more deeply integrating AI into Search and changing how it’s worked for the first time in 25 years, many fear “Google Zero,” where websites simply don’t receive any traffic from search anymore. But Google isn’t the only one. With so many companies going all-in on AI, replacing employees with AI and reorienting their products to cater toward AI use, Ryan presents his “Internet Zero” theory — what happens when companies that are pillars of the internet as we know it shift their core products wholly around AI? With the major players all taking part in this massive, speculative bubble, it’s bound to burst — just like we saw in the early-00s dot-com crash. This episode is a preview from our Patreon. Listen to the full version at https://www.patreon.com/PanicWorld — for just five bucks a month, you get exclusive content like this, extended and bonus episodes, Discord community access, and more. For Apple Podcast users, you can also find this and all of our bonus content — plus other great COURIER shows — with a subscription to COURIER+. Learn more about your ad choices…

People in this episode

Guest: Ryan

Topics covered

  • AI
  • internet
  • tech companies
  • dot-com crash
  • search engine
  • speculative bubble

Keywords

  • Google Zero
  • Internet Zero
  • AI integration
  • tech industry
  • dot-com crash
  • search traffic

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meta, Google

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