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The Artificial Human

The Artificial Human

Is AI killing Search?

18 February 2026

30 minutes

Available for over a year

Aleks and Kevin look at how Ai chatbots and summaries might kill the web as we know it. When people get all the answers they want from their AI, can the sites they've scraped for content survive if no one visits them? Sajeeda Merali of the professional publishers association discusses the challenges her members face. And the original disruptor of spreading information, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, talks about the reliance of Ai on the work of his legions of volunteer 'wikipedians' and why attribution is such an issue.

Presenters: Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong

Producer: Peter McManus

Research: Rachael O'Neill