Comment by nicbou
2 days ago
I help people settle in Berlin. The guides on my website used to be a bible for immigrants.
So far LLMs have killed 75% of my traffic, but my income is still acceptable, so I'll keep going. If it gets worse, I don't know.
The information I share is as hard as ever to acquire. I still need to poll experts and my audience, but my audience is shrinking and I can't incentivize experts with as much business as I used to. All the spoils go to parasitic AI companies and slop sites.
Still, the work matters, and the job is fun. I'll keep doing it for as long as I can. In any case, my backup profession (coding) is also threatened by AI.
One thing I'm trying is building a community for immigrants. You still need humans, and I want to build their watering hole.
Have you investigated how much of your business has been diverted by AI agents scraping articles from your site and essentially presenting them to the users through their UI?
And related, do you see a future where info products become much more proprietary/hidden due to scraping?
75% of my traffic, last I checked. It's affecting everyone putting out information on the internet.
That future is already happening. Many websites have shut down or gone private. More and more content requires an account to see.
https://nicolasbouliane.com/blog/death-by-ai