▲ 519 ▼ AI companies are now destroying warehouses full of rare books (gardinerbryant.com) submitted 3 months ago by PerfectDark@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 67 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 18 points 3 months ago (5 children) Welcome to capitalism... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 5 points 3 months ago (4 children) https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/12/11/china-burning-book-censorship-online-outrage/ Welcome to humanity permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 months ago (3 children) Except this is different. That book burning was due to ideological reasons. This one is due to pure greed and disregard for collective knowledge permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 6 points 3 months ago Even really evil people respect knowledge. These aren't people. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 6 points 3 months ago (1 child) You're right, it is different, the AI companies are misled into thinking this will generate some sort of profit but the Chinese were just doing it from a place of pure malice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] iglou@programming.dev 0 points 3 months ago* Putting the slightest chance of profits over the conservation of rare books is also pure malice in my book. With a layer of makeup. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 5 points 3 months ago (4 children) https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/12/11/china-burning-book-censorship-online-outrage/ Welcome to humanity permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 months ago (3 children) Except this is different. That book burning was due to ideological reasons. This one is due to pure greed and disregard for collective knowledge permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 6 points 3 months ago Even really evil people respect knowledge. These aren't people. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 6 points 3 months ago (1 child) You're right, it is different, the AI companies are misled into thinking this will generate some sort of profit but the Chinese were just doing it from a place of pure malice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] iglou@programming.dev 0 points 3 months ago* Putting the slightest chance of profits over the conservation of rare books is also pure malice in my book. With a layer of makeup. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 months ago (3 children) Except this is different. That book burning was due to ideological reasons. This one is due to pure greed and disregard for collective knowledge permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 6 points 3 months ago Even really evil people respect knowledge. These aren't people. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 6 points 3 months ago (1 child) You're right, it is different, the AI companies are misled into thinking this will generate some sort of profit but the Chinese were just doing it from a place of pure malice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] iglou@programming.dev 0 points 3 months ago* Putting the slightest chance of profits over the conservation of rare books is also pure malice in my book. With a layer of makeup. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 6 points 3 months ago Even really evil people respect knowledge. These aren't people. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 6 points 3 months ago (1 child) You're right, it is different, the AI companies are misled into thinking this will generate some sort of profit but the Chinese were just doing it from a place of pure malice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] iglou@programming.dev 0 points 3 months ago* Putting the slightest chance of profits over the conservation of rare books is also pure malice in my book. With a layer of makeup. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iglou@programming.dev 0 points 3 months ago* Putting the slightest chance of profits over the conservation of rare books is also pure malice in my book. With a layer of makeup. permalink fedilink source parent