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Is this how MS are scraping the web to monetize it under OpenAI? If we don’t start batting an eye on this soon it’ll be the new normal that webmasters/content

• Nextgrid 4y ago
  > it’ll be the new normal that webmasters/content producers don’t really need readers or income. There's already way more content being produced out there (some of which is done altruistically without any expectation of income) than there is demand for it that making even more of it may not be as valuable as you think.
  • anileated 4y ago
    Thought experiment: imagine Google stopped sending users to articles you write and instead regurgitated and showed your content directly, with ads or for pay. Fast forward a few years and you have no more audience, no one has to know you exist, you ghost write for a magic black box that people ask questions and throw money at. When you want to impress a new friend and mention you published some interesting niche research (e.g., how to repair a thing) they skeptically nod because in their head no one does it anymore, the black box has all the answers. Will you still be feeling motivated to altruistically share content tomorrow?
• mjtechguy 4y ago
  This is exactly what I thought when I read this.