Why it worked
The video likely performed well due to the shocking and controversial nature of the topic, involving the destruction of books for AI training. The "secret project" angle and the involvement of a well-known AI company like Anthropic would have generated significant interest and discussion.
Summary
This video reveals a secret project by Anthropic called "Project Panama" where they allegedly destroyed millions of ancient books to train their AI model, Claude. The process involves industrial machines scanning and destroying the books, with the goal of feeding data to AI models. The video highlights that this practice is legally permitted as the books were purchased and the destruction does not violate copyright laws.