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Super_Lumalo [he/him]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 天前

AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop (and destroying them after) – 404media paywall removed 😎

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ISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.”
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    they could just scan without destroying the books. It would be slower, but you could still use the book after

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      They’re using similar LLM technology along with X-rays to scan burned scrolls and shit, meanwhile it’s destroying these books.

      Make it make sense.

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