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AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop (www.404media.co)
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[-] isleepinahammock 27 points 4 weeks ago

Bruh, this is literally like scientists scavenging metal from shipwrecks that predate the era of nuclear bomb testing, cause they need steel that isn’t contaminated by nuclear fallout for certain measuring equipment

Except in this case, these scientists are working at a nuclear weapons lab. They need metal that hasn't been contaminated by nuclear bombs so that they can invent better nuclear bombs.

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