"doesn't punishing respectful and transparent bots only incentivize obfuscation?"
Sure, but we crossed that bridge over 20 years ago. It's not creating an arms race where there wasn't already one.
Which is my generic response to everyone bringing similar ideas up. "But the bots could just...", yeah, they've been doing it for 20+ years and people have been fighting it for just as long. Not a new problem, not a new set of solutions, no prospect of the arms race ending any time soon, none of this is new.
Sure, but we crossed that bridge over 20 years ago. It's not creating an arms race where there wasn't already one.
Which is my generic response to everyone bringing similar ideas up. "But the bots could just...", yeah, they've been doing it for 20+ years and people have been fighting it for just as long. Not a new problem, not a new set of solutions, no prospect of the arms race ending any time soon, none of this is new.