Luu Tuyen@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTikTok’s parent launched a web scraper that’s gobbling up the world’s online data 25-times faster than OpenAIfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1415arrow-down16
arrow-up1409arrow-down1external-linkTikTok’s parent launched a web scraper that’s gobbling up the world’s online data 25-times faster than OpenAIfortune.comLuu Tuyen@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-214 hours agoNot rate limiting is bad. Hate them because of that, not because they’re a bot. Some bots are nice
minus-squareZangoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoEven if they were rate limiting they’re still just using the bot to train an AI. If it’s from a company there’s a 99% chance the bot is bad. I’m leaving 1% for whatever the Internet Archive (are they even a company tho?) is doing.
Not rate limiting is bad. Hate them because of that, not because they’re a bot.
Some bots are nice
Even if they were rate limiting they’re still just using the bot to train an AI. If it’s from a company there’s a 99% chance the bot is bad. I’m leaving 1% for whatever the Internet Archive (are they even a company tho?) is doing.