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Blocking AI crawlers on the fediverse
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the fact that google has to pay for the data proves the walled garden you claim is public.
the fediverse is public, by default. it publicly distributes information to other publicly accessible servers.. by default.
its public information on publicly accessible servers that are opt-out by default. publicly.
im baffled how people can have some expectation of privacy in such a clearly defined public space.
You don't need to explain to me how the Fediverse works and I never said I have any expectation of privacy. But generally speaking, you're overlooking the fact that there always have been rules for what can, and cannot be done with information that is publicly available. Just because someone publicly posts his Facebook profile picture doesn't mean it's legal to use in an ad without permission, for example. People might break the rules, yes, but then they might face consequences, and that alone prevents many from breaking them in the first place. Not perfect, but better than nothing. And I'm saying we're in a process where rules are being renegotiated when it comes to using public information for AI training
fair points, but i still posit that its a waste of time to attempt to regulate what can be viewed anonymously.
personally, i could not possibly care less about any of my data being ingested by 'ai'. not a battle i care to fight, or even find worthy of fighting.
That's fair, but I think if AI companies would be legally required to disclose the sources of their training data and if you make some successor to robot.txt legally binding as well (both is being discussed in the EU for example), at least the "bigger players" in the AI industry would respect the rules. Better than nothing