Amazon's AI Book Problem

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  @darksidegryphon5393 · 2 years ago

  My stance on artificially generated books is simple: If no one could be bothered to write it I can't be bothered to read it.

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• CU

  @curiousgemini · 2 years ago

  AI is the Temu of writting and art.

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• JA

  @janissary101 · 2 years ago

  AI is going to single-handedly bring back physical book stores.

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• IM

  @imberrysandy · 2 years ago

  AI is going to ruin a good thing for people who want to publish their own books. I wanted to publish a coloring book, but you have to buy a serial number for your book. Amazon gives free numbers to whoever publishes with them... I hope amazon does not take that perk away just because a load of grifters make AI books using Amazon's services

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• MA

  @mariarzyt_3D · 2 years ago

  I think it's especially problematic when they're making children's books. At least that's what most of them seem to do, because "Kids are stupid, they won't notice anything anyway!". Making kids used to slop right from the start

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• _K

  @_kaleido · 2 years ago

  It actually really sucks that the primary target of these AI slop get rich quick schemes are children. People go to school for YEARS to learn how to write and illustrate children’s books so that they’re entertaining, yet still educational and teach emotional intelligence + appreciation for the arts, and these lazy tech bros come in and peddle literally valueless content because kids don’t know any better :( they don’t care about future generations they just care about profit

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• AN

  @androgyninja5320 · 2 years ago

  As someone who writes and makes music for fun, AI makes me angrier than I ever thought possible. These tech bros and all the CEO's view all art as products first, and art second. They don't care about anything but money. It's so frustrating and honestly kinda sad. Great video!

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• AL

  @alisonsoller · 2 years ago

  I was editing books for a bit and had to stop because the amount of AI that got sent to me was maddening. Such a waste of my time.

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• KR

  @KrakenViara · 2 years ago

  I'm one of those smutt authors. Someone shared in an author group I'm in about how she uses AI to write 2 books per month. How can we compete with that? It's incredibly disheartening. It also feels like a scam somehow? Like how are AI books with shite reviews getting onto the top 100 on Amazon when there are tons of actual authors like myself who take months or sometimes years to write books, decent reviews, but can't get on the list. Idk, sounds fishy to me.

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• AS

  @astrisvivi · 2 years ago

  Gosh, I feel like this AI stuff is gonna rot children's brains.

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• LE

  @Lepidopray · 2 years ago (edited)

  Yep, AI crap all over the niche area I'm  interested in on YouTube. I never thought I'd have to say this, but thank you for being an actual human being.

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• CA

  @camomileparfait · 2 years ago

  i&apos;m an aspiring author, and i&apos;m feeling pessimistic at best, hopeless at worst. literature is my biggest passion, my literature teacher in school was the person who saved my life, literally. <br><br>i want to spend my life writing, and sharing art with those who listen. but this.. is. wow. i fear that writers will no longer be in demand by the time i reach an age to take writing seriously. i am 20 now, going to college, i have time.. or so i thought. )-;

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