zarkanian@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoAmazon Caught Destroying Rare Books to Train AIfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1496arrow-down17
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minus-squarederg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours ago“caught” also implies they’ve been hiding it… It’s been out in the open how they scan books to train AI for a while now.
minus-squareJason2357@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 hour agoIt has been almost a trope that every time the discussion of them buying up the used market and cutting them up to scan, some apologist comes along and says that these books are mass produced garbage and not rare.
“caught” also implies they’ve been hiding it… It’s been out in the open how they scan books to train AI for a while now.
It has been almost a trope that every time the discussion of them buying up the used market and cutting them up to scan, some apologist comes along and says that these books are mass produced garbage and not rare.