The article posits that the web was not broken by AI, but rather by "dotcons" (large internet corporations), with AI merely amplifying existing issues. It suggests that AI is exposing and accelerating the structural flaws introduced by these companies.
Jeff Howe introduced crowdsourcing in 2006, defining it by two modes: passive collection (like Waze or reCAPTCHA) and active contribution (like Wikipedia). The article positions "swarmsourcing" as the subsequent evolution, building on these forms of collective intelligence.
Google Cloud NEXT '26 featured a radical announcement introducing the A2A Protocol, signaling the birth of the Agentic Internet. This development promises a new era where AI agents can communicate and operate autonomously, fundamentally reshaping digital interactions.