>Waterstones would stock books created using artificial intelligence, the company’s boss has said, as long as they were clearly labelled, and if customers wanted them.
>However, James Daunt, a veteran of the bookselling industry, said he personally did not expect that to happen.
>”There’s a huge proliferation of AI generated content and most of it are not books that we should be selling,” he said.
>But it would be “up to the reader”
It goes on to say that he’s floating the idea as a “maybe, but probably not.”
Night_Sky02 on
Abomination.
AlongCamePollHe on
the headline is a bit misleading, he specifically says they should not be selling AI content:
“There’s a huge proliferation of AI generated content and most of it are not books that we should be selling,” he said. But it would be “up to the reader”.
“As a bookseller, we sell what publishers publish, but I can say that instinctively that is something that we would recoil [from],” he said.
astro_bishh on
Interesting concept, but will AI truly replace human writers? 🤔
PhasmaFelis on
What he *actually* said:
> “As a bookseller, we sell what publishers publish, but I can say that instinctively that is something that we would recoil [from]”
Do I remember that the BBC at least used to have integrity? Or is that just rose-colored glasses?
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Aggressively deceptive headline.
>Waterstones would stock books created using artificial intelligence, the company’s boss has said, as long as they were clearly labelled, and if customers wanted them.
>However, James Daunt, a veteran of the bookselling industry, said he personally did not expect that to happen.
>”There’s a huge proliferation of AI generated content and most of it are not books that we should be selling,” he said.
>But it would be “up to the reader”
It goes on to say that he’s floating the idea as a “maybe, but probably not.”
Abomination.
the headline is a bit misleading, he specifically says they should not be selling AI content:
“There’s a huge proliferation of AI generated content and most of it are not books that we should be selling,” he said. But it would be “up to the reader”.
“As a bookseller, we sell what publishers publish, but I can say that instinctively that is something that we would recoil [from],” he said.
Interesting concept, but will AI truly replace human writers? 🤔
What he *actually* said:
> “As a bookseller, we sell what publishers publish, but I can say that instinctively that is something that we would recoil [from]”
Do I remember that the BBC at least used to have integrity? Or is that just rose-colored glasses?