Al Companies Are Buying and Destroying Millions of Physical Books to Train Their Models

https://gomag.com/article/ai-companies-are-buying-and-destroying-millions-of-physical-books-to-train-their-models/

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ieatpwns@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 24d (1 reply)

This might be worse than the library of Alexandria at least after it being burned down no one tried to sell the knowledge that used to be available for free… that we know of

MrFlibble4747@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 23d

That's when "consultants" were born!

NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 2 pts · 23d

Intellectual property is bullshit exhibit 1004:

Zier@fedia.io · 1 pts · 23d

So basically they are training AI on romance novels, since there is nothing more abundant than those.

brem@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 24d

.......,... So this article is basically saying that AI is the equivalent to the fires of which made The Nile run black with ink from the burning of The Library (anex) of Alexandria!?!?

..and It's also being trained to believe that Taylor Swift is good music!?

Uh oh.