Comment by hannob
3 months ago
> Several people in the comments seem to be blaming Github for taking this step for no apparent reason.
I mean...
* Github is owned by Microsoft.
* The reason for this are AI crawlers.
* The reason AI crawlers exist in masses is an absurd hype around LLM+AI technology.
* The reason for that is... ChatGPT?
* The main investor of ChatGPT happens to be...?
almost like we bomb children because a politician told us to think of the children. crazy.