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Re:It sure looks like Meta stole a lot of books to build its AI by anileated on Monday January 20, 2025 @10:45PM (#42776375)
If IBM’s original product was “designed to facilitate the Holocaust”, then every article about IBM darn better lead with that.

In case of Facebook, it was originally designed literally to compare the attractiveness of female students; but no, it’s not even remotely as bad, and comparing it to the Holocaust trivializes an incident where masses of people were murdered in an industrial fashion.

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Re:It sure looks like Meta stole a lot of books to build its AI by derangedHorse on Monday January 20, 2025 @11:02PM (#42776495)
Face mash was far from Facebook’s “initial product.” It was made before Facebook was even a thing (company or app). The purpose of each application, Face Mash and Facebook, was different and the only reason people call it a “precursor” is because it was made by Zuckerberg before he made Facebook.
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Re:It sure looks like Meta stole a lot of books to build its AI by anileated on Monday January 20, 2025 @11:33PM (#42776658)
You’re correct, there is a distinction since it is technically another product.
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Re:It sure looks like Meta stole a lot of books to build its AI by s1artibartfast on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @12:51AM (#42777024)
Taking a huge shit in the morning is a precursor to breakfast
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