Luu Tuyen@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoTikTok’s parent launched a web scraper that’s gobbling up the world’s online data 25-times faster than OpenAIfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1393arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1388arrow-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 · 22 hours agomessage-square72fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-28 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-up1·26 seconds 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.