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I mean... sure, but that's obviously not something that's just gonna forcibly happen (at least not soon), nor is it a decision they're gonna make on their own.

I was just describing the alternatives from the perspective that all the AI companies are trying to do things like this to compete with one another, so if they're going to get the data from these books one way or another, there's a limited set of ways that they can actually do that.

I'd love to see all these AI companies shut down, and the higher-ups responsible held accountable for intentionally destroying communities and the environment, as well as permanently poisoning online discourse and our ability to perceive what's real and what's not... but I just don't see that as something the system will allow to happen, at least not currently.