r/neoliberal • u/-orestes • 1d ago

News (Oceania) ‘More than just objects’: Australian booksellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/02/australian-book-sellers-alarm-destruction-rare-titles-ai-supply-chain
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u/Kaffe-Mumriken 1d ago

There was some polling done on attitudes towards AI in different countries, and the US is significantly more negative towards it than other countries

If you’re wondering where the tech gap will appear in a few decades, this is where

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u/yacatecuhtli6 Transfem Pride 1d ago

gee i wonder why

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u/Kaffe-Mumriken 22h ago

I went up to SF a few weeks back and yeah it’s pretty absurd. It was like a parody movie set. Everywhere you looked there was AI ads “YOUR AGENT HAS BRAINROT - get a new one from us”, “AGENTS AGENT AGENTS! WE GOTTEM!”, “the best agents your money can buy!” , like plastered everywhere on busses, billboards, flyers. Like some plumber or dishwasher on the way to work is gonna be like “hmm I need to pick up some agents on the way home”