So scribes were looked down upon in the middle ages for making copies of books b...

		pixl97 on Jan 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: I “wrote” a kid's book with ChatGPT and M... So scribes were looked down upon in the middle ages for making copies of books before the printing press? I think in the tech industry we get caught up on 'novel' and 'new' because duplication is cheap to the point of almost free.

Scribes were not authors. They were expected to copy. Bad faith.