1mo ago

Sadly, you will never be able to read Andy Weir's 'The Last Algorithm,' one of multiple non-existent books recommended by the Chicago Sun-Times in major AI snafu

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1mo ago

Sadly, you will never be able to read Andy Weir's 'The Last Algorithm,' one of multiple non-existent books recommended by the Chicago Sun-Times in major AI snafu

www.thepopverse.com /literary-recommended-reading-ai-chicago-sun-times-andy-weir-oops

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Okay but I want that book to be real. Anyone got Andy Weir's number?
- He either needs to write it or get AI to write it, that would be hilarious!
Jesus H. Christ, does this paper not have a damn editor?
- It sounds like this wasn't even Sun Times generated content, it's some licensed content that got copy/pasted with no review.
  
  Just wild.
I do use AI for background at times but always check out the material first. This time, I did not...
Maybe it's because I'm not an AI, but I don't understand how the word "always" can be used like that...
- "You keep using this word, I do not think it means what you think it means..."
Yeah somebody named Andy Weir now has to write this book.
- Reminds me about a popular commercial about a guy who wrote a book. The commercial was so moving that a lot of people looked for the book, but it didn't exist. So they took an existing book, renamed it, published it under a pseudonym, and got the actor from the commercial to promote it:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_Fishing%3A_Memories_of_Angling_Days

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