Critique of Anthropic's Book Scanning PR: Public Imagines Destroying Classics, Likely Just Old Manuals
zouharvi · x · 2026-08-22
Criticizing Anthropic's PR blunder regarding destructively scanning books, the author notes that the public imagines the destruction of first-edition classics like Mrs Dalloway, but the reality is likely mostly outdated technical manuals like "Step by Step Microsoft Access 2003". The author suggests Anthropic could have framed it as "saving books from landfills".
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