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Is it ethical for the "public square" to have a robots.txt? Musk is trying to have his cake and eat it... (Clearly it's not a public square, but his position

Is it ethical for the "public square" to have a robots.txt? Musk is trying to have his cake and eat it... (Clearly it's not a public square, but his position is incoherent).

rnbaxter 3y ago
Yes, it is ethical. In many countries it is legal for humans to walk around the public square and overhear all conversations. It is NOT legal to install cameras that record everyone's conversations, much less sell the laundered results. Pre-2023 people went on Twitter with the expectation that their output would be read by humans. A traditional search engine is different: It redirects to the original. A bastardized search engine that shows snippets is more questionable, but still miles away from the AI steal.
- RobotToaster 3y ago
  Many countries have freedom of panorama, which means it is legal to video record the public square. I'm not aware if anywhere has specific laws on mounting the camera on a robot.
- johnnyanmac 3y ago
  >Pre-2023 people went on Twitter with the expectation that their output would be read by huma ns Expectations =/= reality. And the reality is that bits have been reading comments for over a decade.