Can Cloudflare save the web from AI? | Decoder

Cloudflare discovered in June that bots already make up more than half of internet traffic — and CEO Matthew Prince says that bots could outnumber humans a thousand to one within five years. That's a huge change to the internet, and if the web is going to keep existing, it needs a huge change to its business model. Can Cloudflare use its place in the ecosystem to direct the money back to the people who make content? #cloudflare #web #google #ai #tech

0:00 - Cold Open
0:43 - Show Intro
2:35 - What Is Cloudflare?
4:51 - The Business Model Of The Internet Is Changing
10:32 - Web As Info Platform Vs. App Platform
14:05 - The Spotify Analogy For Information Markets
23:30 - Local News Becomes Valuable Again
26:39 - Blocking AI Crawlers And Google
36:40 - Distribution Changes What You Make
39:12 - The Attention Economy Is Broken
41:28 - Content Moderation And Cloudflare's Power
53:22 - Mission And Values
54:13 - The AI Layoffs: Builders, Sellers, Measurers
1:01:09 - AI Excels At Measurement
1:06:40 - AI Identifying Rising Stars
1:11:28 - Will AI Dehumanize Workers?
1:16:09 - Show Outro

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