ThefuzzyFurryComrade@pawb.socialM to Fuck AI@lemmy.world · 2 days agoAnthropic Destroyed Millions of Print Books to Build Its AI Modelsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down13cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgnews@lemmy.worldnews@hexbear.netarstechnica_index@rss.ponder.cat
arrow-up188arrow-down1external-linkAnthropic Destroyed Millions of Print Books to Build Its AI Modelsarstechnica.comThefuzzyFurryComrade@pawb.socialM to Fuck AI@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgnews@lemmy.worldnews@hexbear.netarstechnica_index@rss.ponder.cat
minus-squareBlaster M@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoThe content is 403 for me. I imagine these are copies, and not rares or one of a kinds.
minus-squareShoeThrower@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 days agoEven 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.
minus-squareBlaster M@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI didn’t say it was a good thing
minus-squareNightwatch Admin@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 days agoYou would hope so, but I am not so sure. Edit: here’s a snapshot for you: https://archive.is/pBkPr
minus-squarehedgehog@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoFrom 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
The content is 403 for me. I imagine these are copies, and not rares or one of a kinds.
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.
I didn’t say it was a good thing
You would hope so, but I am not so sure.
Edit: here’s a snapshot for you: https://archive.is/pBkPr
From the article: