School uses AI to remove 200 books, including Orwell's 1984 and Twilight (opens in new tab)

(lbc.co.uk)

60 pointstoofy1mo ago13 comments

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toofyOP1mo ago

the librarian was put under investigation when she refused to ban the books.

> An investigation into the librarian was soon launched and the library closed as a "temporary safeguarding measure".

of course 1984 is one of the books being banned.

It seems 1984 is the manual that most governments are using to inspire themselves. Definitely not something that us plebs should have access to.

/s (for those few)..

agrishin1mo ago

I red 1984 and "Brave new world" roughly at the same time, and for quite some time I thought 1984 to be too unrealistic, and I considered bnw as more likely scenario. I was wrong.

zombar1mo ago

I remember having a similar feeling about 'A Handmaids Tale', a TV show I gave up watching because I would actually weep myself to sleep.

Coming soon no doubt. It's like they are determined to make dystopian nightmares a reality, almost as if they know the end is nigh or this particular iteration of civilization is drawing to a close and they are determined to squeeze the very soul out of the experience.

To what end? Distraction? Personal enrichment?

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okokwhatever1mo ago

There is a reason why we need to safeguard the culture (old, recent & actual) for the future generations. This is a intergenerational responsibility that we need to tackle asap.

jleyank1mo ago

I’ve heard that various religious texts have strong, sensitive sometimes violent themes. Yet nobody bans them. Wonder why.

BobBagwill1mo ago

I wonder if Fahrenheit 451 was banned too? Or maybe it was kept as a how-to manual?

boznz1mo ago

The title drips with irony

drweevil1mo ago

“Safeguarding”. How very, um, Orwellian.

zthrowaway1mo ago

UK doing UK things per usual.

toofyOP1mo ago

unfortunately, we have the problem in a few places in the US as well.

florida and texas in particular. [0]

last year florida has at least 2,300 instances of book bannings and texas had at least 1,700.

its wild to watch this all happen so quickly.

[0] https://pen.org/book-bans/book-ban-resources/ (if you scroll down to the map it shows how many instances of book bannings by state)

gpvos1mo ago

They are more or less importing this from the US, where this has been going on for a time already, especially at school libraries.

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13 comments

toofyOP1mo ago

the librarian was put under investigation when she refused to ban the books.

> An investigation into the librarian was soon launched and the library closed as a "temporary safeguarding measure".

of course 1984 is one of the books being banned.

ivell1mo ago

It seems 1984 is the manual that most governments are using to inspire themselves. Definitely not something that us plebs should have access to.

/s (for those few)..

agrishin1mo ago

I red 1984 and "Brave new world" roughly at the same time, and for quite some time I thought 1984 to be too unrealistic, and I considered bnw as more likely scenario. I was wrong.

zombar1mo ago

I remember having a similar feeling about 'A Handmaids Tale', a TV show I gave up watching because I would actually weep myself to sleep.

To what end? Distraction? Personal enrichment?

1 more reply

okokwhatever1mo ago

There is a reason why we need to safeguard the culture (old, recent & actual) for the future generations. This is a intergenerational responsibility that we need to tackle asap.

jleyank1mo ago

I’ve heard that various religious texts have strong, sensitive sometimes violent themes. Yet nobody bans them. Wonder why.

BobBagwill1mo ago

I wonder if Fahrenheit 451 was banned too? Or maybe it was kept as a how-to manual?

boznz1mo ago

The title drips with irony

drweevil1mo ago

“Safeguarding”. How very, um, Orwellian.

zthrowaway1mo ago

UK doing UK things per usual.

toofyOP1mo ago

unfortunately, we have the problem in a few places in the US as well.

florida and texas in particular. [0]

last year florida has at least 2,300 instances of book bannings and texas had at least 1,700.

its wild to watch this all happen so quickly.

[0] https://pen.org/book-bans/book-ban-resources/ (if you scroll down to the map it shows how many instances of book bannings by state)

gpvos1mo ago

They are more or less importing this from the US, where this has been going on for a time already, especially at school libraries.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse