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AI platforms likened to colonial powers for data appropriation

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AI platforms are increasingly crawling and appropriating content from websites, drawing parallels to historical colonialism. This practice, often disregarding terms of service, allows AI companies to claim vast amounts of data and value through sheer computational power, akin to the methods employed by colonial powers and East India Companies. AI

IMPACT AI's unchecked data acquisition methods may lead to ethical and legal challenges, potentially impacting content creators and website owners.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses the implications of AI data collection practices by comparing them to historical colonialism, which is an opinion/commentary piece.

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AI platforms likened to colonial powers for data appropriation

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Interesting data in a blog I follow... What are the AI platforms doing to websites like Harappa.com which have been around since the dawn of the Internet? Like

    Interesting data in a blog I follow... What are the AI platforms doing to websites like Harappa.com which have been around since the dawn of the Internet? Like colonial powers, they happily claim territory through extra-legal procedures (although they are said to be far more inte…

    LINKS harappa.com/…/archaeological-site-ai-jung…

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