AI-Generated Books of Nonsense Are All Over Amazon's Bestseller Lists
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Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited bestseller list was full of books with titles like “Apricot bar code architecture” and “Jessica’s Attention” earlier this week.

My title might be a bit hyperbolic, but stuff like this worries me. I love to read and I love reading on a kindle. This has been going on for a while, but it has now reached absurd levels.

  •  megopie   ( @megopie@beehaw.org ) English
    39•1 year ago

    This is going to be the real result of the large language model hype train, massive floods of basically worthless “content” made simply to pump metrics and fool investors.

    I’m not saying that there is no useful applications for the tech just that none of those are particularly marketable nor do they generate a lot of monetizable utility.

    And more importantly it’s not AI anymore than auto complete, spell check are. People insisting otherwise almost seem like they’re trying to start cults.

    •  Rentlar   ( @Rentlar@beehaw.org ) English
      3•1 year ago

      “Meanwhile the government” by Rentlar

      The company was founded in the late afternoon by its founder in a rush to create a more prominently displayed flag. I don’t want your kids to know when you get to work.

      …View this and much more riveting writing coming soon to the Amazon Bestsellers list!