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re: AI companies are buying rare books, cutting the spine off to scan, then shredding them
Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:09 am to hawgfaninc
Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:09 am to hawgfaninc
The whole of AI is a completely unethical enterprise.
But - this country (and the world) are not ready to give up convenience and efficiency for any reason.
So - nothing will happen.
Buy your books, go get torrents of old books at the very least. And keep it all.
That is the only way to distance yourself from it.
But - this country (and the world) are not ready to give up convenience and efficiency for any reason.
So - nothing will happen.
Buy your books, go get torrents of old books at the very least. And keep it all.
That is the only way to distance yourself from it.
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Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:14 am to iwyLSUiwy
When I read the beginning words, I assumed that they would just be copying nonfiction.
The fiction mills nowadays have a market, but is there a single writer who will be the next Charles Dickens or even produce the next Arthur Conon Doyle?
IF the machines scan all the mysteries written, how many story lines will be found? Which are better sellers in which countries? And then, translate it and sell it as new? Who would notice?
The scientific journals deserve protection because as bases of science, people will need to know what happened, when and why.
Look at the ongoing discussion of the first patient with AIDS and then the ones before him.
The fiction mills nowadays have a market, but is there a single writer who will be the next Charles Dickens or even produce the next Arthur Conon Doyle?
IF the machines scan all the mysteries written, how many story lines will be found? Which are better sellers in which countries? And then, translate it and sell it as new? Who would notice?
The scientific journals deserve protection because as bases of science, people will need to know what happened, when and why.
Look at the ongoing discussion of the first patient with AIDS and then the ones before him.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:19 am to dnm3305
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Fahrenheit 451 right in front of our eyes
Exactly what I was thinking….how easy would it be to flip a switch and censor whole classes of literature.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:21 am to real turf fan
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When I read the beginning words, I assumed that they would just be copying nonfiction.
The fiction mills nowadays have a market, but is there a single writer who will be the next Charles Dickens or even produce the next Arthur Conon Doyle?
IF the machines scan all the mysteries written, how many story lines will be found? Which are better sellers in which countries? And then, translate it and sell it as new? Who would notice?
OpenAI/Anthropics goal is to own all content (really it's everything, but that's a different conversation).
You don't need Clive Cussler or Dean Koontz writing when AI can spit out 50 Cussler clones in 10 minutes.
That's a nightmare world. Whatever you believe or not, there is a place and part of humanity in Cussler, Koontz and all the other paperback writers who can actually churn out human stories.
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Who would notice?
There we go, part of the problem.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:34 am to lsu777
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do we really want them to not have the knowledge of how many they killed?
You have a valid point, but I don't know how having the originals changes anything. It's not like the common guy can get a hold of the original.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:43 am to Penrod
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I don’t mind the practice, but we should pass a law mandating that destroying rare books requires the perpetrator to make digital copied accessible to all.
So someone can go and change the content of the book because some of it may be seen as "problematic" by some future wokester? No thanks.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 12:01 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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Who holds the past now, controls the future. Who holds the present now, controls the past. Who controls the past now, controls the future. Who controls the present now. Now testify!
frick those pieces of shite.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 12:24 pm to Penrod
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You have a valid point, but I don't know how having the originals changes anything. It's not like the common guy can get a hold of the original.
no but if there are no copies left and the only ones are digital and in AI.....the narrative is then 100% controlled by AI and its creators.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 12:40 pm to hawgfaninc
Seems weird
Why? You can get many classics on pdf
Why? You can get many classics on pdf
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