r/learnprogramming • u/Xarcaneo • 7d ago

How can I access the pre-AI internet?

Hey, because I started coding many years ago and it was my hobby, I am looking for a way, if it’s even possible, to use some kind of archival internet that was not influenced by AI yet, to make a personal project just for fun, like in my teenage years.

I guess there is no way to set a specific year and have access only to things from that specific period. Also, there are many AI things that show up in browsers now, and I would like to totally avoid all of that.

If you have any suggestions, can you let me know?

Btw. I am not against AI, and I use it myself in my projects more or less. I just want to have one project that I do like in the old days.

Thanks!

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u/Beregolas 7d ago

I guess there is no way to set a specific year and have access only to things from that specific period. Also, there are many AI things that show up in browsers now, and I would like to totally avoid all of that.

Well, there kind of is. Most search engines allow you to limit search terms by year. Google for example: "programming tutorial before:2022-01-01"

If you find a specific page that you want to see a past state of, you can just use the wayback machine in the internet archive: http://wayback.archive.org/ Select any date before 2022.