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The concept of "Dead Theory" suggests that our digital landscapes are increasingly populated by non-human actors. As large language models (LLMs) continue to __26__ at an exponential rate, the internet is reaching a tipping point where most of the content is no longer authored by humans. This shift is not merely a matter of quantity but of __27__ quality. Unlike human discourse, which is often tethered to lived experience and emotional nuance, AI-generated text tends to be __28__ and recursive, feeding on its own previous outputs. __29__, we risk entering a digital "echo chamber of mirrors," where human agency is diluted by a sea of synthetic information. While some argue that this democratization of content creation is beneficial, critics remain __30__ about the potential erosion of objective truth.

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(A) dwindle

(B) proliferate

(C) lampoon

(D) oscillate