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Unredacted files reveal Anthropic’s ‘secret plan’ to ‘destructively scan all the books in the world' (www.thebookseller.com)
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In the filings, Anthropic states, as reported by the Washington Post: “Project Panama is our effort to destructively scan all the books in the world. We don’t want it to be known that we are working on this.”

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

I didn't say words were sacred, but destroying millions of books is a colossal waste of resources. This is not totally fine.

[–] astro@leminal.space 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

The resources were wasted by the publishers when they transformed the resources into a finished product with very limited utility and reusability. Books on shelves are not resources.

[–] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 0 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The resources were wasted by everyone involved. Stop defending this bullshit.

[–] astro@leminal.space 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

No, I won't stop calling things like I see them, and I am unlikely to see them differently unless presented with an actual argument (premise, claim, evidence, impact) that amounts to more than "no u"

[–] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

How is destroying millions of books not wasting them? Use your goddamn brain you troll.