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The Strip Mining Era of LLMs—And Why It’s About to End | E2141

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Jun 21, 2025
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Giram Taitina
Giram Taitina, Co-founder and CEO of Doctours, discusses the rapid changes in the medical tourism landscape, including growing consumer trust and the challenges of connecting patients to reputable clinics abroad. The conversation dives into the legal and ethical implications of AI's data sourcing practices, with Taitina addressing the critical need for industry standards. They explore the role of design in ensuring safety and trust for medical platforms, highlighting how effective design can enhance user experience and influence success.
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INSIGHT

LLMs' Unsustainable Web Strip Mining

  • Large language models are currently "strip mining" the web by scraping vast amounts of online content without compensating creators.
  • This unsustainable practice risks depleting valuable content resources and harming creators' livelihoods.
ADVICE

AI-Robots.txt Protocol Proposal

  • Evolve the robots.txt protocol to an AI-robots standard allowing websites to specify content available for AI training.
  • This ensures commercial or paywalled works remain opt-in, enabling licenses and balancing free use with compensation.
ADVICE

Platforms Must Demand Licensing Fees

  • Content platforms like Substack should sue AI companies (like Meta) for licensing fees for training on their writers' content.
  • Creators and platforms could collaborate to demand fair compensation from AI firms.
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