I don’t mean to sound melodramatic but do y’all ever think about how humanity used to navigate the world by the stars and now people can’t make a grocery list without help from AI.
They’re destroying the books.
They’re destroying the museums.
They’re prosecuting the scientists.
They’re cutting down the forests.
They’re destroying the planet.
The works of Austen, Dickens & Shakespeare were written to be enjoyed by ordinary, working-class people, and the idea that they can only truly be read and understood by elites is profoundly bad for society.
if it wasn't already blatantly clear, physical media, community education, and oral history are SO. SO. SO. SO. SOSOSOSO. IMPORTANT!!!! to upkeep.
please buy and OWN your media.
PLEASE properly educate yourself and your community.
they WILL try to rewrite history!!!!!
So if I purchase a DVD and digitize it, that’s copyright infringement. But if an AI company buys my book and scans it to train their system, that’s perfectly fine? Once again, corporations are allowed to play by their own rules. I’m so sick of the hypocrisy.