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New essay: Blocking AI crawlers might be a bad idea - Disappearing from AI results won't make #AI go away

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Blocking AI crawlers might be a bad idea

Instead of blocking AI crawlers out of frustration, content creators should embrace deep AI integrations to ensure accurate recommendations and better user experiences. Disappearing from AI results won't make AI go away.
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sorry Michael, but saying "blocking AI crawlers might be a bad idea because it will make you disappear in the eyes of the consumer" has nothing to do with ones stance against AI, and all to do with ones business. I get that we all need to eat somehow, and "you gotta do what you gotta do" to drive your business forward, but the battle against AI crawlers and AI slop invading the internet is more about principle, ethics and trying to protect what's left of the authentic internet.
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