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Bookshop owner urges against feeding AI models with literature

A New Zealand bookshop owner is urging fellow booksellers not to supply their inventory to AI companies for training large language models. She believes their role is to preserve literature for humanity's benefit, not to profit from data transfer that fuels AI development. Her advice is to pause and consider the implications before feeding data to these "LLM machines." AI

IMPACT Raises ethical questions about data sourcing for AI training and its impact on cultural preservation.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece from a bookshop owner advising against providing data to AI companies.

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Bookshop owner urges against feeding AI models with literature

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · 7sleepersmusic ·

    “It's so wrong. Our role is to keep books alive, to keep them in the world. We're book lovers. We want books for the good of humanity, not just to transfer know

    “It's so wrong. Our role is to keep books alive, to keep them in the world. We're book lovers. We want books for the good of humanity, not just to transfer knowledge for private profit, going into building LLM machines.” Her advice to fellow bookshop owners? “Don't do it. Don't f…