Oldbookbindings Type post Author Andrew McDiarmid Date July 31, 2026 CategoriesComputational SciencesTechnology Tagged , Amazon, Anthropic, artificial inteligence, Ben Mann, Big Tech, books, booksellers, chatbots, ChatGPT, Claude, copyright, ISBNdb, Kindle, knowledge, large language models, licensing, LLMs, Peter Biles, Project Panama, technicians, techno-utopianism, technological view, technology, wisdom It’s Time to Buy Old Books Before AI Destroys Them Andrew McDiarmid July 31, 2026 Computational Sciences, Technology 5 This scheme is the brain child of technicians, people who lead tech companies and tech labs who are wholly committed to a technological view of the world. Read More ›
Berlin-Pankow, Bücherverbrennung Type post Author Peter Biles Date July 31, 2026 CategoriesComputational SciencesLinguistics Tagged , 404 Media, AI slop, Anthropic, artificial intelligence, books, bots, creativity, Frank Landymore, Futurism, ISBNdb, language, large language models, lawsuits, literature, pirating, rare books, technology, Ted Gioia, writing Gutting Old Books to Feed AI: What Could Go Wrong? Peter Biles July 31, 2026 Computational Sciences, Linguistics 2 The question is: Who wins? Maybe we should start buying up all the old books before the bots get to them. Read More ›