The rise and fall of robots.txt
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As unscrupulous AI companies crawl for more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart.
  • AutistoMephistoEnglish
    13•9 months ago

    Exactly. Capitalism spits in the face of the concept of a social contract, especially if companies themselves didn’t write it.

    • @WoodenBleachers@lemmy.worldEnglish
      -2•9 months ago

      Capitalism, at least, in a lassie-faire marketplace, operates on a social contract, fiat money is an example of this. The market decides, the people decide. Are there ways to amass a certain amount of money to make people turn blind eyes? For sure, but all systems have their ways to amass power, no matter what