Academic Fracking: When Publishers Sell Scholars Work to AI

"If we are ever going to get the AI that we hope for—the kind that is insanely helpful, accurate, and insightful, then we are going to need to find a way to transfer all of our captured knowledge over to it. That should ideally be a process that honors and recognizes the countless authors who have something to contribute. It should be celebrated and honored; not hidden away and not mentioned by the companies doing it."