> If the bookstore owners were smart they'd be digitizing all their books and selling digital copies to AI companies. Ah yes, the old "if you can't beat the ru

> If the bookstore owners were smart they'd be digitizing all their books and selling digital copies to AI companies. Ah yes, the old "if you can't beat the ruthless type A sociopathic American capitalists who literally don't give a shit about anything other than money and power, then you should join them and make a quick buck while the world burns". A tale as old as time really; we must mirror the behaviour of people who'd tell their self-driving car to drive over a gaggle of baby geese in order to continue working on the important task of privatizing the world's knowledge. \s Hell no. Small town bookstore owners probably have the best job in the world; if they're smart, they'd continue doing exactly as they're doing.