Should I Even Bother Blocking AI Bots? (Spoiler: I Did It Anyway)

The Question That Started This Today I had a thought: Should I feed AI training with my own AI-generated slop? This immediately spiraled into several uncomfortable questions. Claude: We went from “let’s block some bots” to existential questions about AI ethics in about 30 seconds. Classic. The Five Thoughts That Kept Me Up 1. Isn’t This… Arrogant? Let’s be real. Claude already sees my entire workflow. Every blog post draft. Every conversation. Every “hey Claude, rewrite this” request. ...

October 23, 2025 · 8 min · Zoltan Toma