What I learned from looking at every AI/ML tool I could find

Re:What I learned from looking at every AI/ML tool I could find by ieatpies on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @02:10AM (#23624647)

I could actually see a use case for web scraping. If you're after particular pieces of content that aren't accessed in a structured way, on a site that rate limits you to the point of being restrictive, maybe using a bit of NLP could help you rank links to click.

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Re:What I learned from looking at every AI/ML tool I could find by hadeson on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @03:20AM (#23625048)

I tried using OCR to scrap Facebook profiles by simulate web browsing behavior. It helps a lot in avoid account blocking but still too slow to be practical.

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Re:What I learned from looking at every AI/ML tool I could find by esperent on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @09:15AM (#23627467)

What's your reason for scraping so many people's personal data?

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Re:What I learned from looking at every AI/ML tool I could find by hadeson on Thursday June 25, 2020 @12:32AM (#23636937)

Really just curious about this approach and want to test it since most old scraping methods failed on Facebook data. My take is that it is possible with enough resources since it is actually pretty hard to separate this from real usages.

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Re:What I learned from looking at every AI/ML tool I could find by TomMarius on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @07:57AM (#23626849)

Try simulating it using headless chrome (directly accessing the page), works fast

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