Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoWikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitorswww.404media.coexternal-linkmessage-square214linkfedilinkarrow-up11.13Karrow-down116file-text
arrow-up11.11Karrow-down1external-linkWikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitorswww.404media.coTony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square214linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekaty ✨@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 days agoall websites should block ai and bot traffic on principle.
minus-squareDMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoFWIW: Wikipedia:Bot policy#Bot requirements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_policy#Bot_requirements RationalWiki:Bots https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki:Bots
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 days ago all websites should block ai and bot traffic on principle. Increasing numbers do. But there is no proof that the LLM trawling bots are willing to respect those blocks.
minus-squaremaniacalmanicmania@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·4 days agoThe problem is many no longer identify as bots and come from hundreds if not thousands of IPs.
all websites should block ai and bot traffic on principle.
FWIW:
Wikipedia:Bot policy#Bot requirements
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_policy#Bot_requirements
RationalWiki:Bots
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki:Bots
Increasing numbers do.
But there is no proof that the LLM trawling bots are willing to respect those blocks.
The problem is many no longer identify as bots and come from hundreds if not thousands of IPs.
Voight-Kampff them.