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‘ChatGPT’ Starts Mining This Blog. Not Sure Whether I Should Be Flattered, Scared Or Both.

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by Anura Guruge
on April 24, 2023.

Click to ENLARGE. Screenshot of my Blog STATs.

I had not given ‘it’, i.e., ChatGPT mining this blog, any thought UNTIL I saw this. So, it caught me off-guard. Not sure what to make of it. Do I even care?

The WHOLE & SOLE purpose of this BLOG is to disseminate & share information. As such it is totally open. No restricted posts. It truly is an open book — an open blog. So, why should I care — why I would I care — IF ChatGPT wants to mine it. I guess in the end, I don’t. To mind would be hypocritical. A contradiction.

Yes, WordPress does give me the option of blocking search engines from scrolling the blog. Of course I have never opted for that option. That would defeat the goal of the blog. So, that answers the question — really. ChatGPT is basically NOW an extension to search engines. So, that is that.

In a sense I just wanted to share this with you. Something you should be aware. Worth knowing. What you see here could end up being used by ChatGPT. Wow. All this said, I am still skeptical about AI — & I have always been. Just recall that my first interaction with Google’s ‘Bard’ was a total & utter failure.