staircase@programming.dev to Technology@programming.devEnglish · 27 days agoAI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale, Even If Almost No Copies Remainfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down14cross-posted to: technology@midwest.socialaboringdystopia@lemmit.online
arrow-up165arrow-down1external-linkAI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale, Even If Almost No Copies Remainfuturism.comstaircase@programming.dev to Technology@programming.devEnglish · 27 days agomessage-square22linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@midwest.socialaboringdystopia@lemmit.online
minus-squareParlimentOfDoom@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·27 days agoBad title. The destruction is part of their super shitty method of scanning them, not an afterthought.
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·27 days agoYup. All because non-destructive scanning is slightly slower and more expensive.
minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoThe way I heard it, it was mostly to satisfy copyright requirements, albeit destructive scanning is easier, indeed
Bad title. The destruction is part of their super shitty method of scanning them, not an afterthought.
Yup. All because non-destructive scanning is slightly slower and more expensive.
The way I heard it, it was mostly to satisfy copyright requirements, albeit destructive scanning is easier, indeed