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[–] 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

Fuck Anthropic. They buy used books and put them through a shredder to train Claude.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Aren't they legally mandated to do that when they scan books? That way the amount of copies doesn't go up technically.

    Also unfortunately it's easier to scan without the bindings.

    I do hope the paper gets recycled at least.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Also unfortunately it's easier to scan without the bindings.

    We're just a poor, nearly trillion dollar company! How can you possibly expect us to preserve these rare copies of culturally significant books when it's slightly easier for us to just destroy them altogether? 🥺🥺🥺

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    I'm pretty sure they buy those books by the pound (or tonne), ain't nobody giving them rare copies of culturally significant books to destroy lol

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    Yeah, sure. Everyone throwing out old books is knowledgeable enough to know and willing enough to check that the book they're throwing isn't rare or important.

    You'd think people would check on the off chance it's worth a bunch but you'd be surprised.

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