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Comment by roywiggins

7 months ago

> Then, its service providers stripped the books from their bindings, cut their pages to size, and scanned the books into digital form — discarding the paper originals.

This is basically the plot to Vinge's Rainbows End, AI and all.

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roywiggins

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kristianp  7 months ago

Is that the one where the books were shredded and the shreds scanned, being reconstructed from the shreds as part of the process?

  • jdboyd  7 months ago

    Yes

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