> We’re already ripping the spines out of old rare paper books (we playfully call these “low-background steel”)
can someone closer to pretraining elaborate?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel
Replace "nuclear explosion" with "AI produced works"
Not at all close, but this link might give you more to go on (includes more links):
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ai-companies-destroying-ra...
More here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Panama