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Company Offering Printed Books to Train AI Stops After 404 Media Coverage (www.404media.co)
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Citing backlash, ISBNdb removed its webpages about training AI, denied ever buying, scanning, or selling a book for AI training, and said the site was a "test of market interest."

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 16 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Okay book sellers,

  • raise your prices to astronomical amounts
  • put the date as before 2022, but sell AI garbage
  • if you're trying to unload trash books, change the title slightly to hide it.

They are still doing this, they're just not advertising it anymore. They haven't stopped, the greeds have a hold of this company and they're not going to let go this easily. Shit, it took 3 weeks for them to take down the page because they used the 404 people as advertising.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

raise your prices to astronomical amounts

Prices for Recreational Books, 1997-2026 ($20)).

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for recreational books are 4.81% lower in 2026 versus 1997 (a $0.96 difference in value

Between 1997 and 2026: Recreational books experienced an average inflation rate of -0.17% per year. In other words, recreational books costing $20 in the year 1997 would cost $19.04 in 2026 for an equivalent purchase.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Now charge $1000. In the article, it says AI randomly pays that.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

Scamming AI companies is a virtue