Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Fuck AI@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoWikipedia is struggling with voracious AI bot crawlerswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down10
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkWikipedia is struggling with voracious AI bot crawlerswww.engadget.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Fuck AI@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareAdmiral Patrick@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·edit-217 days agoFuckin’ crawlers, man. There’s not even a reason to crawl Wikipedia. You can literally download dumps and feed them in, and those dumps are mirrored as to not DDoS Wikipedia itself.
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·17 days agowhen you’re a moron ai tech bro with a hammer, everything looks like a nail also i think they want to ddos wikipedia. that way if we want info we have to ask their chat bots
Fuckin’ crawlers, man.
There’s not even a reason to crawl Wikipedia. You can literally download dumps and feed them in, and those dumps are mirrored as to not DDoS Wikipedia itself.
when you’re a moron ai tech bro with a hammer, everything looks like a nail
also
i think they want to ddos wikipedia. that way if we want info we have to ask their chat bots