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mccmcc@mastodon.social
Oct 9, 2026, 8:29 PM
Now, in *practice*, I'm pretty sure I know exactly what the endgame is, and the endgame is large yearly checks being cut to Cloudflare by every major cloud AI provider for "certification" in their "trusted agents program" in exchange for which the specific AI agents operated by those specific providers are allowed to directly visit the websites that humans have to wait 8 seconds for the "making sure you're not an AI agent" challenge. No, the websites themselves don't get a cut of this.
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mccmcc@mastodon.social
Oct 9, 2026, 8:59 PM
By the way, I looked up "Gullible" in the Merriam-Webster thesaurus today. That was a real thing I actually did
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aevaaeva@mastodon.gamedev.place
Oct 9, 2026, 8:43 PM
@mcc I wouldn't be shocked at all if it turned out something like that was already going on :/
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margotemaytch@mastodon.social
Oct 9, 2026, 8:53 PM
@mcc really love this technology that makes the world worse for everyone except the owners of that technology
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Spooky Developing Stacy 🎃:pico8:The4thCircle@mastodon.gamedev.place
Oct 9, 2026, 8:53 PM
@mcc
Ah so humans have to queue so AI can get faster access. The data equivalent of all the new thinkpieces about how people don't need to drink as much water as they think.
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margotemaytch@mastodon.social
Oct 9, 2026, 9:01 PM
@mcc i've been told my picture was there
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mccmcc@mastodon.social
Oct 9, 2026, 9:04 PM
@emaytch no, that wasn't the case. at least not on merriam webster
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margotemaytch@mastodon.social
Oct 9, 2026, 9:05 PM
@mcc hmm... not sure i can trust you here...
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Weird Socksohmu@social.seattle.wa.us
Oct 9, 2026, 9:06 PM
@mcc
I believe you. How could I not?
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mccmcc@mastodon.social
Oct 9, 2026, 9:06 PM
@ohmu My claims are reasonable, and easy to believe.
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Taffer 🇨🇦:godot::linux:🎃👻Taffer@mastodon.gamedev.place
Oct 9, 2026, 10:22 PM
@mcc I think you’re supposed to say it wasn’t there.
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Drew Scott Danielsdrewdaniels@mastodon.online
Oct 9, 2026, 11:51 PM
@mcc ai browsers and extensions so far don’t seem to be blocked as consistently as curl. Many models now seem to offer to bypass checks, or have a person assist.
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Jef Poskanzerjef@mastodon.social
Oct 11, 2026, 7:09 PM
@mcc Not only do the web site not get a cut of the grift but we have to pay our ISP for the "trusted agents" trying to fetch non-existent files hundreds of times per second.
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Fabian ¯\_(ツ)_/¯BafDyce@chaos.social
Oct 11, 2026, 9:22 PM
@mcc Most brainsloped people will probably react with something like "But where's the problem? Just tell your agent to open the website for you and return a summary of its content back to you!" and shrug it off as perfectly normal.
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