Remember when everyone said social networks would kill the web? Then came the mobile app apocalypse—except the web didn't actually die. But here's the thing: AI might be different. This time around, we're looking at something that could fundamentally reshape how people discover, consume, and interact with information online. Unlike previous predictions that proved overblown, the AI wave touches everything—search, content creation, user behavior patterns. Whether it's a genuine existential threat or just another chapter in the web's endless resurrection story? That remains to be seen.