From Google Books to AI brains, access to old books has flipped
paulnovosad · x · 2026-07-28
A post argues that after people once resisted Google scanning out-of-print books, we now accept reading old books through an AI “brain.” The point is a broader reflection on how access to knowledge and media is being reshaped by AI, and how public attitudes toward digitization have shifted over the last two decades.
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