Saif for the Third Time
January 10, 2026 at 9:46:12 AM
Hal, I saw the VERY subtly inspired website that was sent in here and I just wanted to say that it's comical just how shameless they are.
They even copied it down to the "This website is a poor attempt at compartmentalizing my mind into something tangible" part in your about page!
What's even worse is that they HAVE actual art that they actually made (I assume. Who knows at this point) and still fed your website into AI so it could barf chunks of your website and whatever other sites that have fallen victim to said AI with how painfully vine-coded that essay section or whatever is.
I really hope that you'll be able to get that website removed. It's truly fascinating just how not self aware they are.
Replied on: January 10, 2026 at 11:23:41 AM
Thanks, Saif :( Honestly it's just sad to look at. I have no issue with people 'copying' my work, but this is the second time in a week (!) someone's taken my /entire/ site and tried repurposing it into their own LOL.
They did leave some more messages on my guestbook (that I ended up deleting, because I didn't want that kind of stuff on here) defending themselves/claiming it wasn't AI etc. Unfortunately AI is still a 'gray area', so reporting didn't do much. I can only hope they work on themselves & learn how to use their own two hands eventually.