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title: "I'm the Guy Who Destroys Antique Books After We Scan Them into Our Company's AI"
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published_at: "2026-08-29T02:58:12.000Z"
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summary: "“One minute, they are a treasured record of human thought. The next, they are twelve searchable megabytes and a manageable quantity of mixed paper strips goi..."
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# I'm the Guy Who Destroys Antique Books After We Scan Them into Our Company's AI

> [Open the canonical story](<https://aidr.today/9a854a80?lang=en>)

**Published:** 2026-08-29T02:58:12.000Z
**Category:** Industry
**Topics:** digitization, data\-scraping

## Summary

“One minute, they are a treasured record of human thought\. The next, they are twelve searchable megabytes and a manageable quantity of mixed paper strips goi\.\.\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-the-guy-who-destroys-antique-books-after-we-scan-them-into-our-companys-insatiable-ai-platform>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49486494>)