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The Genesis of Library Genesis: The Birth of a Global Scholarly Shadow Library (www.crimrxiv.com)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Wtf is that image?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Brah, think of it as millions of data-drenched pages, packed with high-voltage scholarly juice, swirl through the wires like ghost smoke, and then vanishing into the hidden vaults of a shadow library buried deep in the darkweb. A digital rebel bunker, ducking the sweaty claws of greedy suits who’d sell knowledge by the ounce if they could!

OR just some random AI image the author of the piece picked? I don't know.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (3 children)

It’s obviously AI generated, but it’s not a library. It’s a coliseum. Very strange choice.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Probably a representation of the legend of the burning of the Library of Alexandria, when many ancient works were presumed lost forever.

More images: https://www.qwant.com/?client=ext-firefox-sb&q=library+of+alexandria+burning&t=images&origin=suggest

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Oh good catch!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

It is a panopticon

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Agreed. Honestly, it didn't even really need a pic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And the article is full of AI slop too

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I thought the article was pretty decent. I wouldn't call it "slop." I didn't write it so I don't have any feedback on if it's ai or not.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The actual article is real but the art and abstract are ai. I don’t get this site’s strategy

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

But to be fair, I don't really pay attention to the art or the abstract. It's the article that I read. So all good.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

All ~~Cops~~ AI Are ~~Bastards~~ Slop