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replacing books with AI is like replacing your photo album with an AI trained on it. the value of a book is more than its contents; it’s how you process it too. when you offload that to AI, you relinquish one of the greatest benefits of reading: getting inspired by every sentence coming your way.

theverge.comMicrosoft is closing its employee library and cutting back on subscriptionsEmployees are expected to use new AI tools instead

Marc Goodner

@nullsignal.bsky.social

18 Jan

Yes, but we're also talking about libraries focused on technical literature. I loved the MS libary when I started there 20 years ago. Visits became rarer even with just the advent of digital libraries we have access to. I have not been there in years and work across the street.

Sedat Kapanoğlu

@ssg.dev

decline of libraries is one thing, replacing books with AI is another. technical books aren’t any different: knowledge is intertwined with presentation, and reading them is a broader and more impactful process than simply acquiring information. it’s mental transformation in many dimensions.

18/1/26, 1:56 am0 reposts2 likes

Marc Goodner

@nullsignal.bsky.social

18 Jan

I didn't read the article so I don't know how they are spinning this. As an employee the library gives us access to lots of jouranls, magazines, digital books, etc. My perspective is simply that the loss of the physical location is nostalgia sad but that's it.