What if every time your content made an AI smarter—or more profitable—you got paid?

Edward Campbell — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 12:48:56 +0000

What if every time your content made an AI smarter—or more profitable—you got paid?
And what if AI had to pay just to access your site in real time?

That’s not how it works today.

AI models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude are trained on public content—your blog posts, tutorials, reviews—often without credit, clicks, or consent.

No traffic back.
No affiliate links preserved.
No attribution.
No payout.
And no real opt-out.

Even with real-time browsing, most AI tools summarize just enough to skip your site entirely. You do the work. AI gets the value.

Cloudflare’s “Pay Per Crawl” is a smart first step—but AI only needs to crawl once to train. After that, you’re out of the loop.

In my latest post, I unpack what’s broken and walk through a solution we can imagine together:
AI-Gatepass.
A collaborative thought experiment with a simple question:
What if creators had control—and royalties?

Read the blog →
https://edwardspeak.com/ai-crawlers-are-mining-your-content-and-paying-you-nothing

Or listen (16 min):
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5JGW1nS5mwkQbXPeq9KQle

AI Is Phasing Out Developers and Creating a New Type of Engineer: The Hive Engineer

Edward Campbell — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 21:19:16 +0000

We’ve entered a new era of software engineering.

Gone are the days of writing every line of code by hand. AI copilots now generate boilerplate, fix bugs, deploy apps, and even guide architecture decisions.

But here’s the catch:
AI lacks judgment, context, and strategic thinking.

This is where a new role is emerging — The Hive Engineer.

🧠 Hive Engineers:

Orchestrate AI agents like a digital team.

Bring human intuition to agentic workflows.

Design resilient systems that align with business goals.

Turn AI from a tool into a team.

They don’t just build — they coordinate, adapt, and lead.

DEV Community: Edward Campbell

What if every time your content made an AI smarter—or more profitable—you got paid?

AI Is Phasing Out Developers and Creating a New Type of Engineer: The Hive Engineer