Is Your Website Ready for AI? Why the Future Web Won't Be Designed for Human Eyes
The internet's fundamental purpose is being redefined, with leading tech experts discussing a future where web content will primarily serve artificial intelligence rather than human readers. Peter Diamandis and Salim Ismail, during their recent tech analysis session, examined this paradigm shift in content creation proposed by former OpenAI employee Andrej Karpathy.
End of Miles reports on this conversation that highlighted how AI consumption of online information could soon eclipse human browsing habits.
From Human Readers to AI Consumers
During their discussion, Diamandis referenced Karpathy's statement published in Tech Crunch that presented a startling vision of the web's future. "Open AI employee on the future of the web," Diamandis noted, before sharing the prediction that "it's 2025 and most content is still written for humans instead of LLMs. 99.9% of web attention is about to be LLM attention not human attention."
"Andrej's point is listen, we've been building the web for us meat sacks as carbon-based life forms, and going forward the value of the web is going to be to feed the large language models. We have to restructure how we write it. Fascinating thought." Peter Diamandis, discussing Karpathy's prediction
Ismail responded to the concept with enthusiasm, suggesting this transition represents a natural evolution of technology. "I think there's a huge layer to be built here," he said, categorizing this shift as part of AI becoming "like electricity" – an invisible but essential infrastructure.
An Invisible Layer of AI
The conversation between the two tech leaders explored how this transition would affect everyday internet users. Rather than viewing it as a replacement for human internet use, they discussed how AI could enhance the human web experience.
"The reality is a human being can't go through many pages on the web anyway, so you want to pass this whole thing over to an AI and let it navigate it and give you the more relevant pieces for you." Salim Ismail on the practical benefits of AI-focused web content
Both expressed surprise that this perspective hasn't received more attention in technology discussions, with Ismail noting that the concept is "probably very true" despite its radical implications.
Implications for Content Creation
If Karpathy's prediction comes to fruition as discussed by Diamandis and Ismail, the consequences for web development, content creation, and search engine optimization would be profound. Writers, developers, and businesses might need to completely rethink how online information is structured.
The conversation highlighted how websites may eventually be built with machine readability as the primary consideration, rather than human usability. This would represent a complete inversion of current web design principles that prioritize user experience.
While neither Diamandis nor Ismail explicitly addressed how content creators might adapt to this new paradigm, their discussion points to an emerging reality where understanding AI consumption patterns becomes as crucial as understanding human reading habits.
A New Digital Ecosystem
This vision of an AI-first internet represents more than just a technical shift. As the tech leaders discussed, it suggests a fundamental reorganization of how information flows through digital systems – with artificial intelligence serving as both the primary consumer and intermediary.
The conversation between Diamandis and Ismail reflects growing recognition among technology leaders that AI systems are becoming integral components of information ecosystems rather than merely tools for human use. Their analysis of Karpathy's prediction underscores how rapidly the relationship between humans, machines, and information continues to evolve.
