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ThefuzzyFurryComrade@pawb.socialM to Fuck AI@lemmy.world · 1 day ago

Anthropic Destroyed Millions of Print Books to Build Its AI Models

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Anthropic Destroyed Millions of Print Books to Build Its AI Models

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Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models
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    The content is 403 for me. I imagine these are copies, and not rares or one of a kinds.

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      Even if every book had copies readily available, trashing millions of books is immensely wasteful.

      People decry mass book burnings, but when tech bros do the same shit, they don’t even blink.

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        I didn’t say it was a good thing

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      From the article:

      The court documents don’t indicate that any rare books were destroyed in this process—Anthropic purchased its books in bulk from major retailers

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      You would hope so, but I am not so sure.
      Edit: here’s a snapshot for you: https://archive.is/pBkPr

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