#051 - This AI Company is Literally Slaughtering Books

Millions of rare and out-of-print books have already been completely destroyed.

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Sources Referenced: - Instagram Sources: jeawokmedia, abbyfromcle, derpymillennial, alex_intelligence, - News Sources: The Washington Post, Canada's ABTec Solutions - https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/the-quest-to-destructively-scan-all-the-worlds-books/ - https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/internet/ai-labs-buy-scan-shred-millions-of-rare-books/news-story/0c3b45a67093ab462a587a0348538ce9

📌 CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Cold Open: Outrage at Book Destruction 0:27 - How Anthropic Is Slicing Up Rare Books 0:47 - Welcome to The Poetry Vessel 1:12 - Books as Living, Ensouled Things 2:46 - Why Paper and Books Matter 3:08 - The Toil of Authorship 4:06 - "One Book Opens Another" — The Closing of Possibility 4:51 - A Child's View of the Magic in Words 5:21 - Anti-Life Nihilism: Critiquing AI Companies 6:13 - Call to Action: Defend Art and Culture 7:25 - Philosophy, Phenomenology & Seeing Books Anew 8:37 - A Poetic Description of a Rare Book 10:13 - Try This: Your Own Sensory Book Exercise

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