{"id":67,"date":"2023-05-12T13:14:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T20:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squidge.org\/blog\/?p=67"},"modified":"2023-05-14T06:50:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T13:50:59","slug":"a-note-about-ai-and-squidge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.squidge.org\/blog\/archives\/67","title":{"rendered":"A Note About AI and Squidge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There have been a few questions today about AI and Squidge.org&#8217;s approach, so I thought I would drop a blogpost here so people know. \u00a0Here&#8217;s our philosophy:<\/p>\n<p>While AI (Artificial Intelligence) can be a great thing in the realm of medicine, like computers spotting lung or breast cancer before a human can, AI shouldn&#8217;t have any place in the fanfiction world. \u00a0Honestly, probably not in the pro-fiction world, either, but every day companies like Grammarly are rolling out, &#8220;Try our new AI tool to assist your writing!&#8221; programs. \u00a0When it comes to writing, each voice is unique &#8211; and that&#8217;s a wonderful thing. \u00a0Bringing AI into the realm of fanfiction is just asking for those unique voices to be squashed in favor of bland, generalized voice that is &#8220;safe for the masses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not what we&#8217;re here for.<\/p>\n<p>Starting soon (days, not months) we&#8217;ll make a concerted effort to keep screen-scraping bots away from Squidge.org properties, including SquidgeWorld Archive, Squidge.org homepages, and Squidge Images. \u00a0That&#8217;s not to say more sophisticated screen scraping programs won&#8217;t be able to slip through the cracks. \u00a0However, most generic screen scraping programs that AI uses can be identified and blocked.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, there are two settings that will protect you better on SquidgeWorld Archive. \u00a0Those are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In your profile preferences, there is an option called &#8220;Hide my work from search engines when possible.&#8221; \u00a0This will discourage your work from being found by Search Engines, not necessarily by screen scrapers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-69\" src=\"https:\/\/www.squidge.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ss1-300x206.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of &quot;My Preferences&quot; from SquidgeWorld Archive presenting the option to prevent search engines from finding your works.\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squidge.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ss1-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/www.squidge.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ss1.png 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>For the works that you choose to archive within SquidgeWorld Archive, please make sure that this checkbox is ticked. \u00a0That way your fanwork will be available only to registered users &#8211; and prevent both Search Engines and screen scrapers from being able to access your works. \u00a0The setting looks like this:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-71 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.squidge.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ss2.png\" alt=\"A screenshot that shows &quot;Show this work to registered Archive users only&quot;\" width=\"1041\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squidge.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ss2.png 1041w, https:\/\/www.squidge.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ss2-300x33.png 300w, https:\/\/www.squidge.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ss2-1024x114.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.squidge.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ss2-768x86.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Your work will show up in the list of results, just like before screenshot below. \u00a0Notice the lock next to the penname? \u00a0That means that this work can only be read if you are logged into an Archive account.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70\" src=\"https:\/\/www.squidge.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ss3.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of a work from the Archive that has been marked available for Archive users only, not guests.\" width=\"964\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squidge.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ss3.png 964w, https:\/\/www.squidge.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ss3-300x81.png 300w, https:\/\/www.squidge.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ss3-768x206.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Please reply with what questions you have. \u00a0And thanks!<\/p>\n<p>edit 05\/13\/2023: Someone posed a question about AI generated fanfic, and asked if it were allowed within SquidgeWorld Archive. \u00a0Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) generated works are not supported, wanted, or allowed in the archive. 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