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Stratechery argues that AI-driven security vulnerabilities are making the open, independent internet harder to sustain. Its essay suggests people and software will retreat towards private chats, niche subscriptions and local networks.

That is an argument about where the web may be headed, not evidence that the shift is inevitable. But it raises a useful question: if running a public website becomes too risky, the internet may get safer in some corners while becoming less open overall.

Discuss: If AI makes public websites harder to defend, is moving into private online spaces a sensible response or a loss worth resisting?

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