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> and arguably sci-hub Inarguably, not arguably. In my mind there is a clear separation between pre and post sci-hub. The stark increase in experienced frictio
by Vetch 5y ago
> and arguably sci-hub
Inarguably, not arguably. In my mind there is a clear separation between pre and post sci-hub. The stark increase in experienced friction when accessing scientific knowledge since sci-hub's pausing has highlighted its profound value.
There's also libgen, the closest thing to a bastion of all written human knowledge.
It'd be fun to read a short story about an AI trained on libgen data that makes significant contributions to fusion, longevity and cancer but whose creators are ineligible for any prizes and are jailed for life for multiple counts of copyright violation.
- nefitty 5y agoOn one of huggingface's explanation blurb of a training set, they half-jokingly speculate that GPT was trained on libgen. Apparently Google won't reveal what book data it used...
- harias 5y agoGoogle books probably contains as much information as Libgen. It's simply doesn't allow public access.