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[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 70 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Just download digital copies of the textbooks and say you need them as training material for your own AI dataset when the copyright holders come after you.

[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 days ago

I'm training a neural network. It's just that the neural network is 1 layer with zero data reduction -so it's only capable of printing the text exactly as the source material on my computer! AI finally works!

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Just download the books and say its for your neural network project

just happens your also the project