So, apparently AI companies are now buying up books and destroying them after feeding the content into the machines.
Straight up distopian. 😡😡🤬
1. Libraries and archives have to be protected at all costs, now more than ever.
2. Buying up out of print books related to your special interests is now a public service.
#AI #books #bookstodon
Zalka Csenge Virág, PhD
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