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Major cyber attack could cost the world $3.5 trillion - Power Grid, Internet Outage
The one database/file/zip to save humanity, what is it?
Show Lemmy the downloadable URL of a Database or AI you know of so we can have a local backup copy that will improve the resilience and availability of Human Knowledge.
Given the state of AI being Corporatized I think we could definitely use links for whatever comes closest to a fully usable Open Source, fully self-contained downloadable AI.
Starter Pack:
- Wikipedia Single 100GB File
- http://sci-hub.wf/
- Arxiv Download Script
- https://wholeearth.info/
- https://the-eye.eu/
- Endless OS "Offline Library"
- scikit-learn AI with External Databases
- ScienceFair
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This is too much catastrophism for my taste, but If I wanted to start archiving, I'll start by downloading Wikipedia, The Library Genesis and the Gutenberg Project.
Videos are too heavy to archive with ease, and they are probably of much less value of actual knowledge.
Humanity has been using writing for millennia. It's a proven technology. Photographs and video don't tend to last longer than the one institution or family that cares about them.
Plus writing dgaf if you get hit with a carrington event
Mostly due to previous physical constraints, I would argue. Thankfully there are fewer chances your hard drive is going to decompose into vinegar while sitting in your cupboard, and even if it does, it's likely not the only copy.
They're also more limited for current data because they're harder to parse and convert into other usable formats, but thankfully that will get better over time too.
I still preference text-first data for various reasons, but let's not dismiss the leagues of potential video has for communication and archival value, both intentional and unintentional.
Perhaps think of it more as knowledge decentralization as a form of resiliency for unplanned network outages. Sometimes the library of Alexandria just happens to catch fire, and it might be nobody's fault at all.
Besides, plenty of people grew up in families with a basic encyclopaedia or dictionary or a repair manual. This is essentially the same thing, just with less paper.