I just got a Facebook ad for an AI company that summarises books so you don't have to read them. There are loads of these companies. The ads usually talk about how much certain tech bros supposedly read. This one has the aspirational appeal: "Hitler used to read one book a day." I am not joking. - ThreadSky

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patrickfreyne.bsky.social • 152 days ago

I just got a Facebook ad for an AI company that summarises books so you don't have to read them. There are loads of these companies. The ads usually talk about how much certain tech bros supposedly read. This one has the aspirational appeal: "Hitler used to read one book a day." I am not joking.

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oisinmcgann.bsky.social•152 days ago

It’s great that all the people who are in a rush to have a computer that can think like a human have such a fucked up concept of what a human is.

elishbulgodley.bsky.social•152 days ago

Where bullet points matter more than following a critical thought process

ainemccaul.bsky.social•151 days ago

Sexually frustrated sisters with no access to the internet take the horse for a ride to visit their fit new neighbour. Horny Eliza falls for the neighbour's minted friend and, after a thorny courtship, eventually bags her man - much to the delight of her boujee gold-digging mother. The end.

atrodd.bsky.social•151 days ago

Saw one recently that "assists" you in writing your novel. Jesus wept.

miguelblanco.bsky.social•152 days ago

They mustn’t have been very good books given how appalling Mein Kampf is. I’m sure they also neglected to mention that in their ad

coolaboola.bsky.social•152 days ago

Reset : Reader’Digest.

We read for you.
A bit Myles na Gcopaleen there. Marginalia costs extra.
Scapegoating : Premium rates apply.

nirwn.bsky.social•152 days ago

I just received something v similar on Instagram but stating the most successful female leaders used any spare time to ‘read’ book summaries. Bizarre.
Must be ‘old school’ now to choose and read your own book selection 🤷🏻‍♀️

patrickfreyne.bsky.social•152 days ago

I think the idea people might read for pleasure and not to suck up success-oriented data is really alien to them.

adamt1966.bsky.social•152 days ago

The example I saw of a simplified book was a soulless paragraph that would discourage anyone from reading anything.

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