Belatedly bought The Coming of the Third Reich, by Richard J. Evans & just read it. Exactly what I was looking for and written clearly & well. Still, a difficult read, given the subject matter & the state of the world. Learned a great deal. Definitely worth reading.

Ha. It's such an intricately woven mystery narrative that literally every possible favourite moment is an unforgivable spoiler.

Will do. At the moment, I'm leaning towards The Coming of the Third Reich by Richard J. Evans. I can't personally recommend it yet, as I haven't bought it yet, but it's looking attractive. (And it's a trilogy, so if the first grips, there's more covering the whole war in the same way.)

Just read the blurb on Amazon. I'm aiming for something that digs into how Germany transitioned from one war to the next, but wish listed The Garden of Beasts as it sounds awesome. Thanks!

So the difference between AI training on human culture & Pullman writing His Dark Materials in response to Lewis is Pullman isn't a key tool in enclosing & commoditizing culture & slyly monetizing access to & participation in the universal cultural heritage of the human species. IMO.

When AI trains on human-made cultural items, the AI isn't acting as an individual. It's enacting corporate enclosure of human culture. It's parcelling human culture & enclosing it for the profitable use of the corporation. It's not the farmer; it's the wall agribusiness throws around the field.

Humans *participate* in human culture. When inspired by existing art or literature, a human is engaged in communicating along the networked cultural tissue that connects us all across time & space. They are making and reproducing human culture. Their use of culture is the point.

Even if they could prove they were the toilet police, you'd have to wonder how much authority they had ...