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The Asian Ethnology Podcast
Asian Ethnology / Benjamin Dorman
When AI Trains on Our Books
MAR 16, 20267 MIN
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Description
An unexpected discovery raises a larger question: how do scholarly books end up in AI training datasets? This episode looks at shadow libraries, academic publishing, and the evolving relationship between artificial intelligence and scholarly knowledge.
This episode reflects on publicly reported discussions about AI training datasets and scholarly publishing.

