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.

  • VoxAdActa@kbin.social
    4·
    1 year ago

    This was a part of the equation when I decided to pursue traditional publishing instead of going the self-publishing route. I wouldn’t be competing against other authors for the attention of publishers, I’d be competing against an ocean of ghost-written get-rich-quick schemes and bots. Sometimes gatekeepers serve a real purpose.

    • jmp242@sopuli.xyz
      1·
      1 year ago

      One thing we’re re learning is that curating content is necessary. Whether you pay a publisher by buying books they sell or crowdsorce via some website, it’s near impossible to just yourself go through the firehose.