BenI think part of reading is about becoming lost in the tangle of another life. Making a connection that's sprung from another person, knowing they reached inside and produced something meaningful specifically to you. And that goes away when you read something made artificially and cynically - a formula to mimic in order to create engagement. Empty calories. Like a glossy advert designed to ensnare you and take your money instead of art meant to communicate and share with you stories of the human condition. I don't ever want to read an Ai produced book. I think it's deeply insulting anyone would make and sell them. Ai could arguably be used to produce...... machine operating instructions. Or IKEA assembly pamphlets. But not create world's for our minds to become lost in. I am not a cabinet.
Bob Thomson@TheBreadmonkey I’ve tried Google and 2 LLMs and can’t find it but there is a lovely cartoon of a person who is then pictured on a subway or such, having dropped the book they were reading and they pick it up and the story resumes.
@TheBreadmonkey mis remembered it but found it.
https://nathanwpyle.threadless.com/designs/lost-in-a-good-book-3/home/fine-art-print
Max Leibman@TheBreadmonkey Yes! Do I care that a given piece of text I consume was AI generated? Not necessarily. So many emails and notifications are already machine-assembled Mad Libs that no human specifically wrote to or for me.
But when I am *reading* something, like a letter or a novel or a news story, I am connecting to another mind on the other side of the page. Even if what they wrote is false, even if they themselves don’t believe it, at a minimum I know they *thought of it*. And that matters.
Snaprails@TheBreadmonkey AI IKEA assembly instructions? Seriously? From something which can’t even get the right number of fingers on a human hand?
I wonder how many parts it would have left over 😀
Nix is Ready for Spring@TheBreadmonkey this covers two things here and is one of my favorite books from one of my favorite (very much not ai) authors
Thanks! Looks fun and totally like my sort of thing. Seems the ebook is available from my local library so have just requested! Will let you know how I get on. 😊
@TheBreadmonkey I can't wait to hear! It's just weird and creepy enough to make your jaw hurt a little like you ate something really sour.