Waterstones would sell books written by AI, says chain's boss
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James Daunt says booksellers instinctively have "disdain" for AI but it could be sold if clearly labelled.

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"Who’s to know? [Technology firms] are spending trillions and trillions on AI and maybe it’s going to produce the next War and Peace.

"And if people want to read that book, AI-generated or not, we will be selling it - as long as it doesn’t pretend to [be] something that it isn’t.

“We as booksellers would certainly naturally and instinctively disdain it,” Daunt said.

Readers value a connection with the author “that does require a real person”, he added. Any AI-generated book would always be clearly labelled as such.

  • scholar@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Not really, all he’s saying is that if the market exists, his business will provide for it. He doesn’t personally think there’s a market for AI.