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Blocking LLM crawlers without JavaScript

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198 points todsacerdoti | 2 comments | 15 Nov 25 23:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.414s | source
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behnamoh ◴[16 Nov 25 02:17 UTC] No.45942195[source]▶
Any ideas on how to block LLMs from reading/analyzing a PDF? I don't want to submit a paper to journals only for them to use ChatGPT to review it...

(it has happened before)

Edit: I'm starting to get downvoted. Perhaps by the lazy-ass journal reviewrs?

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jadbox ◴[16 Nov 25 02:58 UTC] No.45942397[source]▶
Short answer is no. There are pdf black magic DRM tricks that could be used, but most PDF libraries used for AIs will decode it, making it mute. It's better just to add a note for the humans that "This PDF is meant to best enjoyed by humans" or something of that note.
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1. butvacuum ◴[16 Nov 25 03:53 UTC] No.45942623[source]▶
It's 'moot' btw- in case you picked it up wrong instead of a trivial slip.
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2. fsckboy ◴[25 Nov 25 14:47 UTC] No.46046237[source]▶
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