World's largest open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy them — Anna's Archive says ‘time is running out’ as ‘knowledge is permanently monopolized on private servers’
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As AI tech companies increasingly buy and destroy books to feed to their AI models, Anna's Archive is calling for volunteers to help preserve them for the public record.

cross-posted from: https://kbin.earth/m/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com/t/3120649

As AI tech companies increasingly buy and destroy books to feed to their AI models, Anna’s Archive is calling for volunteers to help preserve them for the public record.

  • Toga77@lemmy.worldEnglish
    82·
    2 days ago

    You don’t need to destroy books to scan them.

    You’re very gullible.

    • Smoogs@lemmy.worldEnglish
      28·
      2 days ago

      “gullible”

      hurry, you better take up reading books to learn the meaning of these words you’re using before the AI ‘destroys’ the useless copy you never wanted nor thought about until now.

        • Smoogs@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          22 hours ago

          Corporate called: they wanted to congratulate you on spreading your type of crazy to undermine sanity and empower them further.