https://futurism.com/openai-google-hurting-publishers

That 'we' doesn't include th3core.

Which brings me back to an earlier question: when is it time to simply block Google from crawling your site?

It's a classic first-mover problem. If you are in the first 20% of sites (weighted by search volume) to block Google, then you are basically committing harakiri. After that Google has to adapt or die.

I don't think ad-supported search can co-exist with quality content for commercial websites. I don't think any form of good AI chatbot can co-exist with quality content for commercial websites.

It makes me wonder... if Google and chatbots destroy all the websites, how do they exist?

It reminds me of a famous Ed Abbey quote: "Growth for the sake of growth is the logic of a cancer cell."