RockBottom@feddit.org to Fuck AI@lemmy.world · 5 days agoAI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop (a.k.a. modern, legalized book burning)www.404media.coexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarepixxelkick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down7·5 days agoYeah this is stupid to compare to “book burnings” Trying to compare the two reeks of clickbait, ew.
minus-squareeverett@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·5 days agoThat’s in reference to cutting the pages off the book binding to streamline scanning.
minus-squarepixxelkick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoWhich isnt even remotely close to what “book burnings” are. Comparing the two is either an act of a deeply uninformed person, or someone trying to manufacture outrage.
Yeah this is stupid to compare to “book burnings”
Trying to compare the two reeks of clickbait, ew.
That’s in reference to cutting the pages off the book binding to streamline scanning.
Which isnt even remotely close to what “book burnings” are.
Comparing the two is either an act of a deeply uninformed person, or someone trying to manufacture outrage.