Post #1458049

The "logic" of blocking content from being archived on the Wayback Machine to prevent it being used for AI training blows my mind. Locks only keep the honest people out. In this case, all you're doing is restricting access for quite probably the best, and possibly the only, long-term durable archive of the Internet. The downsides for society are countless. Breathless headline, but good piece, from Wired: https://www.wired.com/story/the-internets-most-powerful-archiving-tool-is-in-mortal-peril/