▲ 1122 ▼ Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors (www.404media.co) submitted 11 months ago by tonytins@pawb.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 210 comments fedilink hide all child comments Archive: https://archive.is/lP0lT
[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 14 points 11 months ago (4 children) all websites should block ai and bot traffic on principle. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 15 points 11 months ago (1 child) The problem is many no longer identify as bots and come from hundreds if not thousands of IPs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago Voight-Kampff them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago FWIW: Wikipedia:Bot policy#Bot requirements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_policy#Bot_requirements RationalWiki:Bots https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki:Bots permalink fedilink source parent [–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 15 points 11 months ago (1 child) The problem is many no longer identify as bots and come from hundreds if not thousands of IPs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago Voight-Kampff them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago Voight-Kampff them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago FWIW: Wikipedia:Bot policy#Bot requirements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_policy#Bot_requirements RationalWiki:Bots https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki:Bots permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent