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Musk On AI Bot Takeover: ‘How Many Real People Are Still On the Internet?’

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A troubling question from Tesla CEO and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk is sparking global conversation about the growing role of artificial intelligence (AI).

In response to a 2024 report from Singapore’s The Straits Times on how AI-powered bots are taking over internet, Musk posed the question of how many actual human beings are online versus artificial bots.


The question points to a growing concern for internet users who can no longer be certain if they are dealing with real people or malicious bots powered by AI.

The 2025 Imperva Bad Bot Report, which compares bot traffic between 2023 and 2024 chronicles a sharp 35% increase in bot activity in Singapore, particularly in the gambling, gaming, automotive and travel sectors.

According to The Straits Times, 45% of Singapore’s internet traffic is now generated by malicious bots, powered by AI.

Globally, bot activity surpassed human-generated web traffic for the first time in 2024 with bots creating 51% of all web traffic, according to the study.

This prompted X influencer Mario Nawfal to post a message chiding humans for losing the internet to AI-powered bots in 2024.


Nawfal warns that the malicious bots are “stealing passwords, crashing sites, faking clicks, and even pretending to be you,” and chides his human followers by noting, “Meanwhile, you’re still solving CAPTCHAs.”

The Straits Times reports that 37% of bot traffic is engaged in malicious activities including data scraping, payment fraud, account takeovers, credentials theft and distributed denial of service (DDoS).

As bot traffic is becoming more common, bad bots are also becoming more sophisticated at mimicking human behavior, including mouse movement and clicks.

Musk’s question is likely to become more relevant as the use of AI grows and real human beings are forced to adapt their own online behavior.

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Photo: PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 16: Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, Elon Musk attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre on June 16, 2023 in Paris, France. Elon Musk is visiting Paris for the VivaTech show where he gives a conference in front of 4,000 technology enthusiasts. He also took the opportunity to meet Bernard Arnaud, CEO of LVMH and the French President. Emmanuel Macron, who has already met Elon Musk twice in recent months, hopes to convince him to set up a Tesla battery factory in France, his pioneer company in electric cars. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images)

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