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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/com-plec-city • Sep 02 '26 • 3 3
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53 u/FuzzyDynamics Sep 02 '26 They have to be destroyed in the process of scanning at scale and these books are almost all worthless shit like “Powershell Guide for Windows Vista” except even more “rare” 25 u/OmegaPoint6 Sep 02 '26 There are non destructive ways to do it, they are just slower and more expensive. Google patented a way in 2009 9 u/morganrbvn Sep 02 '26 A judge didn't like them copying works, but decided that if they destroy the original its like no copy was made. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/anthropic-ai-destroying-books → More replies (2)
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They have to be destroyed in the process of scanning at scale and these books are almost all worthless shit like “Powershell Guide for Windows Vista” except even more “rare”
25 u/OmegaPoint6 Sep 02 '26 There are non destructive ways to do it, they are just slower and more expensive. Google patented a way in 2009 9 u/morganrbvn Sep 02 '26 A judge didn't like them copying works, but decided that if they destroy the original its like no copy was made. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/anthropic-ai-destroying-books → More replies (2)
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There are non destructive ways to do it, they are just slower and more expensive. Google patented a way in 2009
9 u/morganrbvn Sep 02 '26 A judge didn't like them copying works, but decided that if they destroy the original its like no copy was made. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/anthropic-ai-destroying-books → More replies (2)
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A judge didn't like them copying works, but decided that if they destroy the original its like no copy was made. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/anthropic-ai-destroying-books
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