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Barnes & Noble CEO backs selling AI-written books in stores
(www.the-independent.com)
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this post was submitted on 20 May 2026
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Why the fuck would anyone buy an AI generated book instead of... Generating their own? If they generate it they even get to change the story on the fly, a printed out AI book is like the worst lmao
You assume the buyer would know.
and that the buyer wants to create the story. believe it or not, some people just want to read something that came out of someone else’s imagination (in the case of fiction). AI just facilitates the story telling for the idea originator (FKA author)