Why AI is needed to speed up translation of OLDSPEAK into NEWSPEAK (1984-style)

[usonian]

4. Digital is more compact. A terabyte or more drive fits in the palm of your hand.

I'm once again merging all my e-books into one place from various disks.

Any mention of destruction gets my goat, even the so-called "creative destruction" of Schumpeter.

Of course, flooding the world with algorithmic bullshit has a similar effect.

And the kicker is that "original" and rare things are hoarded by collectors, so we never see them anyway.

I have some first editions of magazines (most of which are defunct) and very few autographed books.

And I really have no use for them. I'd hand them down to my daughter and SIL, but they have no room for anything.

There are some printed books that have made my "move" list. (mainly, I can't find digital versions of what I already bought)

The Internet Archive has the same general idea, though I noticed that when they scan a book with halftones, they have a compromise contrast setting that leaves text-only pages with a gray background.

But I digress. I save what I can!