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I actually like poisoning them. Not to be malicious but I feel manipulated into training their software for free. "Oh you wanted to sign up for that web forum?

I actually like poisoning them. Not to be malicious but I feel manipulated into training their software for free. "Oh you wanted to sign up for that web forum? Sorry, but you have to do some free work for us first" And if you think that it's somehow good because it's mutually beneficial to train AI to better the future of humanity, don't. That is what their marketing department wants you to think.

dazmax 9y ago
The value they're providing is to the forum owner, who has reduced spam-handling workload. So the forum is providing you value, you are providing Google value, and Google is providing the forum value.
- kuschku 9y ago
  Sure, but if the public has to provide Google with free data, we should make laws requiring Google to open source the entire ReCaptcha training set.
  - operon 9y ago
    Why?
    - kuschku 9y ago
      Anything created with free work should be free in return. Anything created by the public should be available for the public.
      - sangnoir 9y ago
        To use an in-thread example - online forums are created with free work. Should all forums be forced to make their archives available for free download as well?
        stolsvik 9y ago
        Yes.
        kuschku 9y ago
        For free download? No. Should I be able to scrape them? Yes.
      - Trundle 9y ago
        It's not free though. You get access to the forum. If it was free then you wouldn't be doing them!
snupples 9y ago
Or it could be both what their marketing department wants you to think, and also reasonable.