AI companies are scraping websites to steal data so often they cost those sites & become in effect DDoS attacks

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This is WEIRD and ridiculous.

It’s their crypto mining exploitation of owning “Allz the dataz.” mindset shining through. As if somewhere in incessantly scraping every scintilla of bits from the Internet of Internets will somehow magically yield a golden bullet which will make their dreams come true and Generative AI something more than a huge waste of time and resources. Of course, this is all being driven by the pride of those who have oversold themselves on a pipe dream.

Let’s pretend that for one second I believed that that this fever was leading to something useful and desirable for human kind. A better way to proceed would be to let it grow organically. Have the crowd of humans slowly direct it’s growth to something they may find benefit from. But, alas, that would take time! Also, who would profit? Which is all they are really interested in.

The architects of this craziness need to take a long weekend off, hop on their retro beanbags, and read “Notes on the Synthesis of Form” - Christopher Alexander. (I’m sure they’ve stolen a copy already.) Let it percolate for a few days on slow walks in nature. Then, calm the fuck down.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notes_on_the_Synthesis_of_Form

I know this is unlikely to happen. The draw of FOMO is far too strong.