<![CDATA[Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones.]]>Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones.

AI companies are purchasing large quantities of used and rare books and scanning their contents to train LLMs. They then turn the originals to pulp.

The sum of human thought, digitized and shredded. Every book that gets scanned disappears from the physical world permanently.

Books that survived wars, fires, and centuries of handling are being shredded so an AI can learn to write a better marketing email.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/afc36c34-13ef-47f3-a908-3dac2bb558a9/anthropic-spent-billions-of-dollars-to-slice-the-spines-off-millions-of-books-including-very-rare-ones.RSS for NodeSat, 01 Aug 2026 11:54:41 GMTWed, 29 Jul 2026 15:37:17 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones. on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:39:30 GMT]]>@dbattistella Where's the UN or governments crying out loud against this? They could stop this. They create laws against protesting in a minute, but they don't care about this kind of thing.
AI Sloppers had them all under They pockets.
This is just a horrible thing to watch.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/disisdeguey/statuses/117007788975685879https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/disisdeguey/statuses/117007788975685879Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:39:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones. on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:38:44 GMT]]>@dbattistella somebody needs to be behind bars for this.

Absolutely horrifying.

I think anthropic's argument is something like "books are a data delivery system. Once an LLM had read that data the book has done its job"
It's f*cking sickening.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://notnull.space/users/paul/statuses/01KYRZC729GZ507K30017D51NQhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://notnull.space/users/paul/statuses/01KYRZC729GZ507K30017D51NQThu, 30 Jul 2026 07:38:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones. on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:33:34 GMT]]>@condret @LeslieBurns @dbattistella can't, anthropic scanned it all then burnt it

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://notnull.space/users/paul/statuses/01KYRZ2RF6GYZ28C8XP0YHNK62https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://notnull.space/users/paul/statuses/01KYRZ2RF6GYZ28C8XP0YHNK62Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:33:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones. on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:32:43 GMT]]>@dbattistella how is that a library when you can't check out books? Isn't that the main thing a library does?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://polymaths.social/users/kabel42/statuses/01KYRZ16QBWRF5XH59M6JWCP74https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://polymaths.social/users/kabel42/statuses/01KYRZ16QBWRF5XH59M6JWCP74Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:32:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones. on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:56:12 GMT]]>@dbattistella

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piaille.fr/users/chibani/statuses/117007618735179273https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piaille.fr/users/chibani/statuses/117007618735179273Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:56:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones. on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:52:20 GMT]]>@dbattistella is 🤖 all the way down, and that’s precisely why wankers love 💕 it *so much!*

and .

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.science/users/ChemicalEyeGuy/statuses/117007603490755453https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.science/users/ChemicalEyeGuy/statuses/117007603490755453Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:52:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones. on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:36:09 GMT]]>@dbattistella American companies are so evil! American CEOs are especially evil! And republicans are the embodiment of evil!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/QCCEChris/statuses/117007539863387754https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/QCCEChris/statuses/117007539863387754Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:36:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones. on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:20:42 GMT]]>@The_Underground_Sage @dbattistella

There's an article about this here :

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-companies-destroying-rare-books

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Metaldeth/statuses/117007479140709145https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Metaldeth/statuses/117007479140709145Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:20:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones. on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:13:45 GMT]]>@dbattistella This is a kind of modern "autodafé" and a true evil deed.

The knowledge and the stories in those books are, for some, lost for good. If tomorrow, Anthropic goes bankrupt, it will vanish in the void.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://peculiar.florist/notes/apaoml0xk40d1zsnhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://peculiar.florist/notes/apaoml0xk40d1zsnThu, 30 Jul 2026 06:13:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones. on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:07:57 GMT]]>@dbattistella Il s’agit d’une OPA hostile sur la pensée humaine. Une fois qu’ils auront confisqué tous les savoirs, ils auront le monopole radical de la connaissance.
Et cela leur donnera un pouvoir vertigineux.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://framapiaf.org/users/Monolecte/statuses/117007428945373895https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://framapiaf.org/users/Monolecte/statuses/117007428945373895Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:07:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones. on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:56:52 GMT]]>@EricBono @dbattistella but wahh it costs some money wahh no way let's just trash them

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.games/ap/users/115798900176839373/statuses/117007385415972855https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.games/ap/users/115798900176839373/statuses/117007385415972855Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:56:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones. on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:29:32 GMT]]>@DerPumu @LeslieBurns @dbattistella just download the pdf somewhere. also people could still make money from printing books, without copyright. they just could no longer create artificial scarcity by restricting others from also printing the same book.]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi.absturztau.be/objects/004ee8e8-6b80-470c-85b0-209939f8e9c7https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi.absturztau.be/objects/004ee8e8-6b80-470c-85b0-209939f8e9c7Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:29:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones. on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:01:48 GMT]]>@condret @LeslieBurns @dbattistella reading Marx would be hard without some form of copyright, because people couldn't make a living writing or producing books

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.games/users/DerPumu/statuses/117007168875824090https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.games/users/DerPumu/statuses/117007168875824090Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:01:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones. on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:47:24 GMT]]>@dbattistella noooooooooooooo

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi.arkadi.one/users/tootbrute/statuses/01KYRNJGADW7FPVVMMEGN05XX0https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi.arkadi.one/users/tootbrute/statuses/01KYRNJGADW7FPVVMMEGN05XX0Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:47:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones. on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:41:10 GMT]]>@dbattistella

This needs a cw.

No, I mean for real. It makes me too angry. I need a moment to collect myself before I can engage with this. Bet that's not just me, either.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dragon.style/users/aearo/statuses/117007087753490580https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dragon.style/users/aearo/statuses/117007087753490580Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:41:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones. on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:54:13 GMT]]>@dbattistella Absolutely criminal.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/T2R/statuses/117006195359317518https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/T2R/statuses/117006195359317518Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:54:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones. on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:49:00 GMT]]>@dbattistella@mstdn.ca 👀 Really wasting that vertical space

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://aklp.club/objects/dd7b0982-e01f-451e-b4c5-1b9b53d6c58ahttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://aklp.club/objects/dd7b0982-e01f-451e-b4c5-1b9b53d6c58aWed, 29 Jul 2026 23:49:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones. on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:44:37 GMT]]>@dbattistella Who broke this story and where can I read more about this?

Former Antrhopic fanboy until the very day they partnered with Palantir.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://freeradical.zone/users/The_Underground_Sage/statuses/117005919589796333https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://freeradical.zone/users/The_Underground_Sage/statuses/117005919589796333Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:44:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones. on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:39:51 GMT]]>@BigHeadMode
Shades of "Rainbow's End"
@dbattistella

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/oldhaapi/statuses/117005902913130570https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/oldhaapi/statuses/117005902913130570Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:39:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones. on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:24:25 GMT]]>@sharpcheddargoblin @dbattistella @driusan
Wilhoit: "There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://writing.exchange/users/fausto/statuses/117005842232224747https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://writing.exchange/users/fausto/statuses/117005842232224747Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:24:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones. on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:22:50 GMT]]>@alterelefant @dbattistella

We were told not to feed the beast in the late 90's and early 2000's as it was obvious no good would come of it.

So peeps decided to feed the corporate beast for the next two decades to the most extreme levels imaginable so it looked like Mr Creosote and could not take anymore.

Seems better to say we should all feel sad for feeding the beast.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.community/ap/users/116620205121171649/statuses/117005835980752338https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.community/ap/users/116620205121171649/statuses/117005835980752338Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:22:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones. on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:15:36 GMT]]>@dbattistella

wouldn't it have been great if publishers SOLD ebooks, even at the price they charge for a printed book?

but they do not. they license.

And then buy each other.

Living based on the rule of law, not the rule of licenses. I want that world.

And it is causing all sorts of problems, and not just for libraries like the Internet Archive, but for authors etc etc.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.archive.org/users/brewsterkahle/statuses/117005807547938505https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.archive.org/users/brewsterkahle/statuses/117005807547938505Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:15:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones. on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:12:45 GMT]]>@dbattistella @driusan In capitalism, the laws exist to protect capitalists. That's it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://reclusive.blog/users/sharpcheddargoblin/statuses/01KYR2DR124D57PQZZVH6N3TGZhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://reclusive.blog/users/sharpcheddargoblin/statuses/01KYR2DR124D57PQZZVH6N3TGZWed, 29 Jul 2026 23:12:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones. on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:02:15 GMT]]>@dbattistella Until this I was thinking guillotines, but for the punishment to fit the crime it should be being burned at the stake.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/jf_718/statuses/117005755063547662https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/jf_718/statuses/117005755063547662Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:02:15 GMT