AI vendors are destroying rare books to feed the chatbot

Strip-mining the world of old books

by Amy Castor and David Gerard

youtube.com/watch?v=MC3SwofuMt – video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260723- – podcast

time: 8 min 42 sec

pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/23/ai- – blog post

books flying about on a background of flames
23 July 2026, 21:15 69 boosts 49 favorites

We are inevitable

H.Y.D.R.A. the shoddily drawn robot is in evil mode (you can tell because his eyes are red).

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