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Barnes & Noble CEO backs selling AI-written books in stores (www.the-independent.com)
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[-] Fmstrat@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Ah yes, another headline with no context.

“Yes, I have actually no problem selling any book, as long as it doesn’t masquerade or pretend to be something that it isn’t,” the British businessman responded. “And that it has an essential quality to it, and that the customer, the reader, wants it.”

“So as long as an AI-written book says it’s an AI-written book and doesn’t pretend to be something else and isn’t ripping off somebody else, as long as that’s clearly stated and the customer wants to buy it, then we will stock them.”

[-] HertzDentalBar 5 points 1 day ago

Sure I get his position.... But he's wrong. AI books will devalue romance, penny novels, sci-fi and many more quick and dirty type of writings.

[-] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I mean ai by nature is ripping someone off but ok. Thanks for posting the context though, much appreciated

[-] Fmstrat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Oh yea, I don't actually like it, and would rather they refuse. But it's not as bad as the headline makes it seem.

[-] username123@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

It's worse. Sugarcoating bullshit to make it more palatable while having at least all of the negative effect that was originally imagined.

this post was submitted on 20 May 2026
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