Intent not malicious, it's indifference: Thousands, if not millions, of books sent to AI woodchipper
Summary
Investigative journalist Emanuel Maiberg discovered that millions of books are being bought anonymously, taken apart, and scanned to train artificial intelligence (AI) systems. This process destroys the physical books, and the knowledge they contain is stored inside private AI models instead of being freely available in book form.Key Facts
- Rare and ordinary books are purchased through anonymous markets for AI training.
- The books are physically taken apart to scan pages quickly in large facilities.
- Once scanned, the books no longer exist in their original form.
- The information from the books is encoded inside AI models controlled by private companies.
- This leads to less public access to knowledge that was once shared through books and libraries.
- The destruction of books is not seen as intentional harm but as indifference during AI development.
- The investigation highlights concerns about who controls access to human knowledge as AI grows.
- This reflects a wider trend of knowledge control seen with search engines and social media.
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