1. Opt out. The boost is of no interest to opt in. Once AI accesses original stories, and also, for that matter, original art works, it's the end. We'd might as well send our content to the AI engine directly.

2. I'm not certain that a credit turns into great income for the creator. While the theory is good, in reality, users who access a story through a search engine read the headline first, and a few lines below, and leave it at that. I think in-depth reading comes from the community. It's like reading a newspaper in print. I pay for the paper, and sit down with it and enjoy reading it from front to back, because I paid for it upfront, and I did that because I really believe in the paper.

AI engines should not take the back-door by saying, ok, we'll spider your content, and then we'll see if there's anything in it for the creator, if they get lucky. If AI engines need original content, they need to put their money to where their mouth is. Pay upfront, and pay handsomely.

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So my second answer kind of contradicts my first. That is because there is no barrier anymore that even content protected from spiders doesn't reach an AI engine by copy/paste. But I do think that there needs to be lots of barriers to enable authenticity protection, and if there is a deal with an AI engine, their payment for spidering content has to be considerable.