The New Internet Era
The article discusses the emergence of a new 'Internet Era' driven by advancements in AI technology. It draws parallels between the current AI landscape and the historical Dot-Com Era, emphasizing the need for companies to adapt their strategies. The author argues that success will depend on understanding AI as a tool rather than a standalone focus.
- ▪The current thinking among AI critics suggests we are on the brink of a 'post-bubble' AI phase.
- ▪The author believes that the focus should shift from AI as a standalone entity to its application as part of a broader strategy.
- ▪Historical examples show that technology-focused roles often become obsolete as the technology becomes integrated into everyday operations.
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| Original publisher | Newardassociates |
| Canonical URL | https://blogs.newardassociates.com/blog/2026/titit-llms-and-internet.html |
| Publication time | Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:36:13 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-06-03T02:41:48.967Z |
| Last seen | 2026-06-03T02:41:48.967Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | None |
| Cluster logic | Not yet clustered, or no peer story found in the clustering window. |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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Things I Think I Think... The New Internet Era Mulling out loud (and defending) why I think the next few years are a new "Internet Era". 31 May 2026 Unless you are not yet old enough to drink, or lived out in a shack above the treeline in a mountain range, you probably remember to some degree the "Internet Era". Also known as the "Dot-Com Era" (along with its closely-released sequel, the "Dot-Bomb Era"), it was a time when the Internet was new, the boundaries were untested, and everyone's credulity was pushed out to the utter limits. The reason I bring this up, of course, is that current thinking among AI critics holds that we are on the cusp of a "post-bubble" AI phase.
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Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at Newardassociates.