I don't think saying "humans only" is going to fix the problem.
It's actually very useful for bots to crawl the public web, provided they are respectful of resource usage - which, until recently, most bots have been.
The problem is that shysters, motivated by the firehose of money pointed at anything "AI", have started massively abusing the public web. They may or may not make money, but either way, everyone else loses. They're just ignoring the social contract.
What we need is collective action to block these shitheads from the web entirely, like we block spammers and viruses.
It's actually very useful for bots to crawl the public web, provided they are respectful of resource usage - which, until recently, most bots have been.
The problem is that shysters, motivated by the firehose of money pointed at anything "AI", have started massively abusing the public web. They may or may not make money, but either way, everyone else loses. They're just ignoring the social contract.
What we need is collective action to block these shitheads from the web entirely, like we block spammers and viruses.