Human eyes beat AIs when mining for literary treasures

If a Luddite meter existed, my family would agree that I’d score close to the Stone Age reading on it if my preference for flip phones is any indication. There are aspects of modern technology I do use and appreciate, especially the Internet Archive, and here’s an example why. My father was a 17-year old corpsman with the First Marine Division’s Parachute Battalion when he landed at Guadalcanal where the Japanese were constructing an airfield that threatened the shipping lanes from the U.S. to Australia. The Japanese had prevailed everywhere militarily up until then, and the Marines were sent in on essentially a suicide mission to delay the airfield’s completion. It was a horrific battle that the Marines surprisingly won against nearly overwhelming odds. Dad was a proud Marine, and afterwa