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While I concur with the effective tech, I don't think this is something that's a net win for society. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should and I don't
by calmbonsai 1y ago
While I concur with the effective tech, I don't think this is something that's a net win for society.
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should and I don't feel any one entity (private or public) should be an arbiter on these matters.
This is something that can, and should, be negotiated at the "last virtual mile".
- positiveblue 1y ago100% needs to be done at the last mile.
- rs_rs_rs_rs_rs 1y ago>Just because you can, doesn't mean you should and I don't feel any one entity (private or public) should be an arbiter on these matters. What do you mean by private? Should I not be allowed to block AI agents on my sites using Cloudflare?
- calmbonsai 1y agoMore precisely, Cloudflare should not be able to offer this service. AI agents should be blocked at the hosted API endpoint ("last mile"), not at a CDN or other sort of intermediary. That said, if you're using Cloudflare Workers, where the endpoint itself is hosted by Cloudflare, that would be ethical.
- kentonv 1y agoIf the CDN is implementing the explicitly-configured preferences of the specific site, what difference does it make if the blocking happens at the CDN vs. the site's origin server?
- calmbonsai 1y agoIf it's via a CDN pull, that's totally cool. IF it's with a push or acting as a pure MIM, that's not cool.