sabreW4K3 to Technology@beehaw.org · 6 months agoAnthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI modelsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down14cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.worldlatestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.mlnottheonion@lemmy.mlfuck_ai@lemmy.worldnews@hexbear.nettechnology@lemmit.onlinenews@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up177arrow-down1external-linkAnthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI modelsarstechnica.comsabreW4K3 to Technology@beehaw.org · 6 months agomessage-square31linkfedilinkcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.worldlatestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.mlnottheonion@lemmy.mlfuck_ai@lemmy.worldnews@hexbear.nettechnology@lemmit.onlinenews@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.zip
minus-squareVodulas [they/them]@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·6 months agoPaper is a natural resource, and this literally just wasted a fuck ton. There are non-destructive scanning methods.
minus-squareB0rax@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoThey could have just bought the ebooks…
minus-squareblindsight@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoNope. Ebooks are a license, so the First Sale Doctrine does not apply. Buying ebooks is nearly useless, legally.
minus-squareVodulas [they/them]@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoI would hazard a guess that the eBook did not exist for the physical books they bought. Still, that doesn’t excuse their actions, nor the bigger issues with training LLMs
Paper is a natural resource, and this literally just wasted a fuck ton. There are non-destructive scanning methods.
They could have just bought the ebooks…
Nope. Ebooks are a license, so the First Sale Doctrine does not apply. Buying ebooks is nearly useless, legally.
I would hazard a guess that the eBook did not exist for the physical books they bought. Still, that doesn’t excuse their actions, nor the bigger issues with training LLMs