Slop aimed towards children has practically _always_ existed. The "100,000 whys" naming reminds me of an old "700000 games" CD
AI slop is just a more complete reimplementation of the "shovelware" from the 90s
AI children's books, body horror edition
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#12Those pictures make me think of Attack on Titan for some reason.
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#13The lack of real effort bothers me more than the content itself. We can't be bothered to even proofread children's books anymore?
the lack of effort has been the main thing for me since this all started.
you give people a tool to do something easier and instead of doing more WITH the tool they do this instead.
is anyone out there using AI to make more higher quality children's books than were possible before?
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#14Slop aimed towards children has practically _always_ existed. The "100,000 whys" naming reminds me of an old "700000 games" CD AI slop is just a more complete reimplementation of the "shovelware" from the 90s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shovelware
The category of thing is not new. The level of industrialization and quantity is new.
Slop on social media also predates AI but at least back then someone had to make it… usually people in poorer countries using it to game algorithms for monetization.
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#15Sometimes I feel we need to accelerate this trend. We need to collectively drown in a tsunami of slop. Only then will we decide to value quality.
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#16The lack of real effort bothers me more than the content itself. We can't be bothered to even proofread children's books anymore?
Because openai and other ai companies spend billions convincing people that they dont need to put in effort as long as they use AI. They literally think they are interacting with a hyperintelligence that is so smart it will destroy the planet eventually. Why would you spellcheck a digital god? Why not just push straight to publish and "automate" everything.
Over time, i hope the chickens come to roost.
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#17The lack of real effort bothers me more than the content itself. We can't be bothered to even proofread children's books anymore?
I assume these aren't being published by major publishing houses but rather microbrands and print-on-demand services. They're, like, bypassing gatekeepers and democratizing knowledge, man. Why do you hate freedom so much?
Yes we should celebrate these plucky entrepreneurs!
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#18The lack of real effort bothers me more than the content itself. We can't be bothered to even proofread children's books anymore?
I assume these aren't being published by major publishing houses but rather microbrands and print-on-demand services. They're, like, bypassing gatekeepers and democratizing knowledge, man. Why do you hate freedom so much?
There was a window where new authors could break in with blogging and self publishing. Andy Weir (The Martian, Project Hail Mary, and the bad one that shall not be named) got started this way I think.
That window is now closed. If I wanted to be an author I’d probably try to get a real publisher, with all the downsides that entails.
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#19The lack of real effort bothers me more than the content itself. We can't be bothered to even proofread children's books anymore?
These are not made by people who care. It’s a scam basically. Spamming Amazon with slop is a current hustle culture thing. There’s guides, probably AI generated and not proofread, explaining how to do it. They obviously have tricks to game the rankings since these books get recommended like mad in every category. It’s today’s hot successor to the big drop shipping craze, which is also still happening, and has destroy…
I understand you can use AI to make a good book but you can also make a good book without AI. Why does AI have to be involved at all? Were we running out of children books that we need to optimize a factory assembly line for them with AI?
It's like there are some things that do not even need AI and thats okay. Children's books also don't need a hurculean effort to write/create (the part ai tries to automate and fs up). In fact, its almost entirely about the concept and direct execution.
You mention vibe coding but this is fundamentally different and it doesnt apply
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#20The concept of consuming AI generated content for children has always baffled me.
We collectively have a virtually infinite collection of already existing hand crafted quality content filtered over the years in the form of children stories and tales that we can pick and chose from to read to our children. We love telling stories especially to our children.
Why would ANYONE be enticed by the idea of using AI to generate tales when there are so many out there to tap from is really beyond my comprehension.