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Fuck up a book for me please
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this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2024
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After getting past the initial horror, I think I'm coming around on this. This is very likely only going to be used by people that wouldn't otherwise read the book.
If this gets more people to actually read books then I'm on board.
Would it get them to actually read books if what they're getting is easy-to-read summaries? I would think measuring someone's reading level and giving them a list of suggestions based on their tastes would work better. They do that for schoolkids, I don't know why it shouldn't be done for adults too. No AI necessary.
I dont think this really qualifies as a summary, this is re-writing an entire novel in simpler language. There is definitely going to be some meaning and intent lost in that process, but not as much as if it was never read it at all.
I can think of a handful of books that I bounced off of and resorted to looking through the Coles Notes instead.
I think implying it's the same book is still kind of an issue.
If you've read "Wishbone Presents Gullfur's Travels", you haven't read Gulliver's Travels, and you have some huge blind spots about what the actual work is.