c/hackernews · by rssbot@lemmy.bestiver.se · 69dHas AI already killed self-help nonfiction books? https://tim.blog/2026/06/12/has-ai-already-killed-nonfiction/Comments 7 points · 10 comments · view on lemmy.world
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KingKong33@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 69d
Ain't no way I'm getting advice from a fucking slop machine.
lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 69d
When was the last time you meaningfully used any sort of LLM?
nous@programming.dev · 3 pts · 69d
Are you talking about AI or self help books?
KingKong33@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 69d
How is a book a machine?
Semjeza@fedinsfw.app · 3 pts · 69d
Most of the bestselling self help books are slop, just not necessarily AI generated.
Truisms regurgitated by corporatist structures and advice groups to get people to struggle though and accept capitalism.
formergijoe@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 69d
Probably talking about the self help publishing industry more than an individual book
KingKong33@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 69d
Also not a machine.
nous@programming.dev · 2 pts · 68d
I know you were talking about AI. It was just a quick jab at the fact they are both slop. Not really meant to be taken that seriously.
KingKong33@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 68d
Riveting addition to the comments, thank you.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 69d
Is his name really Tim Blog?