AI companies are shredding rare books
🦔AI companies are bulk-buying rare books, scanning them through high-speed machines that cut the spines off, and shredding the originals. A service called ISBNdb facilitates orders of up to a million books and keeps buyers anonymous. Pre-2022 books are premium because they
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AI firms are destroying rare books by scanning them and discarding the originals, with a service enabling large, anonymous orders. The practice raises concerns about the preservation of literary history and the ethical implications of such actions.
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