I disagree with the premise of the possibility of a “fake” book. There could certainly be entirely AI-generated books, but the book is itself the collection of

I disagree with the premise of the possibility of a “fake” book. There could certainly be entirely AI-generated books, but the book is itself the collection of pages. It’s a real book regardless of how the content was generated. Now to address the nuance and implication: does human effort imply value? Well, hopefully anyone reading this is capable of setting aside fear and ego and seeing the truth. The fact is, more effort is not always worth more. Granted, we may not be at the point that zero effort AI-generated content is equal in quality (and thus, worth in the eyes of a content consumer) but we’re getting there and we’ll be there soon. There’s no point in fighting it, and there’s even less point in trying to fight it by feigning ignorance and being stubborn about romantic concepts like rewarding hard work. I’m right there with you when it comes to concern about what the future holds, and I don’t have the answers, but the way to survive is to face reality boldly and candidly and be ready to adapt. Bit of a tangent but hopefully someone got something out of that