@complex: AI companies are reportedly buying antique books in bulk, scanning them for training data, then tearing apart the physical copies afterward. The move has sparked debate over the cost of building the next generation of AI and what happens to pieces of history along the way. [๐ฅ: via/ News.AU]
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Carson :
Fahrenheit 451 is coming true ig
2026-07-31 04:06:44
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Steven :
Crazy how my dumb ass will be smarter than the next generation
2026-07-31 13:05:01
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HeadshotCISCO :
so the movie โ the book of Eliโ is real?
2026-07-31 08:59:06
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Liam๐ท๐งโ๏ธ :
destroying them is so weird
2026-07-31 16:36:40
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Cbreezoo :
2.0 version of the burning of the library of Alexandria
2026-07-31 14:59:30
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cody smith :
so they change words around and delete the physical proof
2026-07-31 13:27:26
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jacobhowell680 :
So they can control what people know we are cookedโ
2026-07-31 21:43:44
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โ๏ธLeeRoy๐ป๐ฆ :
they want us to be dumb. and judging by the people on tik tok. it's working.
2026-08-01 23:41:26
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323beatz :
they want no knowledge for us
2026-07-31 17:00:58
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Notification :
Why tear them apart and not give them to a library?
2026-07-31 01:26:07
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Not a doctor :
Destroying is crazy, No physical copies allowed? Can they just rewrite and edit what they want digitally?
2026-07-31 19:00:41
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Albertfish :
why do all their plans seem to involve enslaving generations they wont even be around for
2026-07-31 18:27:31
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Erich Honecker :
1984, Fahrenheit 451, they wasn't just alternate universes, they were predictions, prediction that are slowly coming true.
2026-08-01 09:10:24
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๐๐๐ช๐๐๐_777 :
destroying them is so weird
2026-08-01 07:38:24
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lawyer selalu menang perkara :
mereka akan mengubah isi buku tersebut sesuka hati
2026-08-01 04:48:52
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J.C. :
Anti christ is otw
2026-08-01 02:23:06
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Blizzardโs jus better :
They want us to be as dumb as possible
2026-08-01 19:51:34
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logangephart10 :
Good, weโll be able to preserve the info now.
2026-08-01 04:56:52
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Xtal :
1984 wasn't a dystopian fiction book it was a playbook of the timeline we are living in now..
2026-08-01 02:23:36
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Kalgram :
THE QURAN WILL SURVIVE. ITS THE ONLY BOOK WE REALLY AND TRULY NEED. ITS IN OUR HEADS.
2026-08-01 15:25:10
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cocomaishia :
COLLECT BOOKS. SAVE BOOKS. HUMANITY REQUIRES IT.
2026-08-01 16:35:51
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Nickycheese :
Now the only way to get the knowledge will be in the form of a monthly subscription.
2026-08-03 14:21:03
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Benz_Charlie :
Letโs be honest when is the last or ever time youโve picked up and old ahh book and read it
2026-07-31 13:26:05
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N.tesla :
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source: trust me bro
oh yeah okay.
2026-08-01 12:56:58
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x :
wtf is the point of destroying just fkn keep them????
2026-07-31 19:42:42
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