sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoBarnes & Noble CEO backs selling AI-written books in storeswww.the-independent.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1234arrow-down18
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minus-squareLastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·20 hours agoI don’t get why people think they can have a career as a LLM middleman. If I wanted to read a book written by a plagiarism machine about a subject I want, I’ll just ask it myself. I don’t need someone else to ask it to write a book. Same for LLM movies, or music. If Hollywood thinks it can fire all the creatives and just spam out LLM generated content, well, so can the audience…
minus-squareNull User Object@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoYes, but also no. Plenty of people will buy and read these books and watch AI slop movies. Everyone can cook healthy meals at home, and many do, but there’s still a big market for fast food restaurants and prepackaged microwave meals.
I don’t get why people think they can have a career as a LLM middleman.
If I wanted to read a book written by a plagiarism machine about a subject I want, I’ll just ask it myself.
I don’t need someone else to ask it to write a book.
Same for LLM movies, or music.
If Hollywood thinks it can fire all the creatives and just spam out LLM generated content, well, so can the audience…
Yes, but also no. Plenty of people will buy and read these books and watch AI slop movies. Everyone can cook healthy meals at home, and many do, but there’s still a big market for fast food restaurants and prepackaged microwave meals.