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Re:Rob Pike Goes Nuclear over GenAI by Hamuko on Friday December 26, 2025 @05:19PM (#46396951)
That's assuming that AI companies are gathering data in a smart way. The entire MusicBrainz database can be downloaded for free but AI scrapers are still attempting to scrape it one HTML page at a time, which often leads into the service having errors and/or slowdowns.
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Re:Rob Pike Goes Nuclear over GenAI by danabramov on Saturday December 27, 2025 @08:36AM (#46401758)
Yea that’s true. I’m just saying if someone wants to put in a modicum of effort, AT ecosystem is highly scrapable by design. In fact apps themselves (like Bluesky) are essentially scrapers.
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