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RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 5 days ago

Has AI already killed self-help nonfiction books?

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Has AI already killed self-help nonfiction books?

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RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 5 days ago
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Has AI Already Killed How-To Nonfiction? Sales Trends, My Personal Data, and What It Might Mean for the Future - The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss
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My head has been spinning after getting a spreadsheet roughly a week ago. Before we dive into my dirty laundry, let’s state the obvious: millions of people have a vague sense that AI is changing things. And LLMs sure are convenient for getting answers quickly. My team and I use Claude and other tools daily. […]

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  • KingKong33@lemmy.ml
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    Ain’t no way I’m getting advice from a fucking slop machine.

    • lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world
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      When was the last time you meaningfully used any sort of LLM?

    • nous@programming.dev
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      Are you talking about AI or self help books?

      • KingKong33@lemmy.ml
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        How is a book a machine?

        • Semjeza@fedinsfw.app
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          Most of the bestselling self help books are slop, just not necessarily AI generated.

          Truisms regurgitated by corporatist structures and advice groups to get people to struggle though and accept capitalism.

        • formergijoe@lemmy.world
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          Probably talking about the self help publishing industry more than an individual book

          • KingKong33@lemmy.ml
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            Also not a machine.

            • nous@programming.dev
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              I know you were talking about AI. It was just a quick jab at the fact they are both slop. Not really meant to be taken that seriously.

              • KingKong33@lemmy.ml
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                Riveting addition to the comments, thank you.

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