Increasingly, I’m reminded of this: Paul Bunyan vs. the spam bot (or how Paul Bunyan triggered the singularity to win a bet). It’s a medium-length read from the old internet, but fun.

The promise of money — even diminishing returns — is too great. There’s a new scraper spending big on resources every day while websites are under assault.

In the paraphrased words of the finance industry: AI can stay stupid longer than most websites can stay solvent.