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AI companies destroy physical books — let’s scan rare books before it’s too late (annas-archive.gl)
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[–] Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

What if they turn around and encode all this data in crystals with advanced laser engraving aka making the information much more resilient to time and degradation? That said the sun will eventually run out of fuel and become a red giant and vaporize the Earth so putting a copy on a few other astrological bodies would be cool for the long haul.