Mothra@mander.xyz to Fuck AI@lemmy.world · 6 days agoAI haters build tarpits to trap and trick AI scrapers that ignore robots.txtarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldarstechnica_index@rss.ponder.cat
arrow-up1166arrow-down1external-linkAI haters build tarpits to trap and trick AI scrapers that ignore robots.txtarstechnica.comMothra@mander.xyz to Fuck AI@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldarstechnica_index@rss.ponder.cat
minus-squareCosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 days agoI’m pretty sure that’s what these tarpits are. They set a trap for AI bots and if they fall into it, they are essentially killed by eating the bot owners’ resources and by making their output worthless.
I’m pretty sure that’s what these tarpits are. They set a trap for AI bots and if they fall into it, they are essentially killed by eating the bot owners’ resources and by making their output worthless.