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Artists Built A Site To Escape AI. Scrapers Are Coming For It Anyway in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 25 points 2 days ago (2 children)

“Scraping is necessary to develop good models. It’s like building a highway – some houses must be demolished, but in the end everyone benefits,” the poster wrote in a thread titled “[AMA] I scraped all of Cara.”

Except they razed the entire countryside, including the hidden alcoves, to build this "highway" of theirs.

No, no, NOOoooOOOoo, it's not about the people, it's about the shareholders! in c/memes@lemmy.world

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 48 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You're not seeing the bigger picture.

The data centers might give a slight economic boost in the short term, before becoming an economic disaster in some 5-10 years!

Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption is under 4.5% after 3 years, only 1% use it weekly, yet prices went up in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Only if the software is being run on your own computer and not the cloud. Servers cost money and power.

India orders Meta to remove paid ads promoting child sexual abuse in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

Oh no! How is META gonna make its' money now?!

In the feelings in c/memes@lemmy.world

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

Still works on Lemmy's web interface, but I don't recognize the hosting service.