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AI companies destroy physical books — let’s scan rare books before it’s too late (annas-archive.gl)

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[–] ReptilianCleric@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

Oh like they care.

No, it's far more crass: destroying the book makes scanning easier and faster.

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[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 months ago

It’s worse. They want to train their models on data their competitors cannot access. So they buy rare books, scan them in, and destroy the source material.

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