This spirit appears to be alive and well. Brian Roemmele says they've been dumpster diving for decades salvaging huge collections of microfilm/microfiche that'

This spirit appears to be alive and well. Brian Roemmele says they've been dumpster diving for decades salvaging huge collections of microfilm/microfiche that's been thrown out by libraries, research institutions, etc. Now that LLMs are here, they're taking that collection and training an LLM against it (instead of the internet): https://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1746945969533665422 https://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1746945969533665422