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inari@piefed.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago

AI companies destroy physical books — let’s scan rare books before it’s too late

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AI companies destroy physical books — let’s scan rare books before it’s too late

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inari@piefed.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago
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  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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    https://archive.org/details/eliza-digitizing-book_202107

    That’s how to do it the right way.

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      Damn that’s a lot of waiting. There was another device that just MRI’d books where they were, but no, ‘AI’ companies need to rip books apart to scan them. FU.

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        No less frustrating but I believe destruction is a required part of the process so the AI companies can say they still only have one “copy” of the book.

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          Oh like they care.

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

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            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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          Yah, exclusive content, or just rats watching the ship go down while burning books. FU AI bros playing the largest scam in history…

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