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Amazon worker destroys books for AI training

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An Amazon employee described their work as "destroying books for AI." This task involves digitizing books to train artificial intelligence models, a process that leads to the physical destruction of the original books. The work highlights the significant effort and resources dedicated to AI development, even at the cost of physical media. AI

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Amazon worker destroys books for AI training

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Imagine you work for the big company # Amazon and your kid ask you “what did you do at work today” ? Your answer : “destroying books for # ai . https:// podcast

    Imagine you work for the big company # Amazon and your kid ask you “what did you do at work today” ? Your answer : “destroying books for # ai . https:// podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ we-spoke-to-an-amazon-worker-destroying-books-for-ai/id1703615331?i=1000787392543

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