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Amazon destroys rare books for AI training, sparking industry criticism

An investigation revealed that Amazon is acquiring rare books with the explicit intention of destroying them to feed into its AI training facilities. This practice has drawn criticism, with the AI industry being described as broadly "evil" and "mustache-twirlingly evil" due to such actions. AI

IMPACT Raises ethical concerns about data acquisition methods for AI training, potentially impacting public perception and regulatory scrutiny of the AI industry.

RANK_REASON The item discusses an investigative report about Amazon's practices and expresses an opinion on the AI industry.

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Amazon destroys rare books for AI training, sparking industry criticism

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    I find # LLMs more useful (for certain use cases) than many of my friends, but I try to be honest with myself that the # AI *industry* is broadly evil. Sometime

    I find # LLMs more useful (for certain use cases) than many of my friends, but I try to be honest with myself that the # AI *industry* is broadly evil. Sometimes that degenerates to almost "mustache-twirlingly evil" (at least for those of us who are bibliophiles), as in this repo…