sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 month agoAnthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI modelsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down14
arrow-up175arrow-down1external-linkAnthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI modelsarstechnica.comsabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 month agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareVodulas [they/them]@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 month agoPaper is a natural resource, and this literally just wasted a fuck ton. There are non-destructive scanning methods.
minus-squareB0rax@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoThey could have just bought the ebooks…
minus-squareblindsight@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month 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-up1·1 month 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