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I was recently at a lecture where Ted Chiang talked at length about this. He said there are already so many books published every year that he doesn’t think it

I was recently at a lecture where Ted Chiang talked at length about this. He said there are already so many books published every year that he doesn’t think it will matter. The talk was moderated by a bookseller who agreed vehemently. https://www.geekwire.com/2023/ai-chiang-bender-wishful-thinking/ https://www.geekwire.com/2023/ai-chiang-bender-wishful-think... I think the problem is curation more than generation. Amazon could do a much better job in general with poor goods showing up in their marketplaces.

johngossman 3y ago
Some sobering statistics here https://ideas.bkconnection.com/10-awful-truths-about-publishing https://ideas.bkconnection.com/10-awful-truths-about-publish... Summary: over 2 million self-published books each year in the US alone. Now think about blogs. But as a reader, I don’t find this much of a problem. Yes, I rely on book reviews and recommendations by friends and on author name recognition. But that seems a lot better than relying on advertisements and Amazon’s algorithm anyway. And it’s pretty much what people have done for centuries with bookshops and libraries.