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Ask HN: Do you see a human written book more valuable than an AI written one?

3•znano•52m ago
I have been working on a book for the past year and half and Im finally done with it.

But now that it is time to publish it i think what I have written and reviewed by hand would not be as good as an AI written one.

I wonder if anyone values human work more than AI even if it's not as good. Would love to hear your opinions on this.

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hans_castorp•51m ago
I value human work more than AI - especially if that book is fiction rather than some technical documentation.
znano•48m ago
It is kind of an technical book but very introductory about decentralization and cryptoanarchism. It is highly biased and opinionated tho.
dude250711•19m ago
Absolutely.
mso3i•3m ago
Fiction/Non fiction?

If its a text book I think you are looking at it the wrong way. Having someone who has spent serious amount of time on a subject, is like meeting someone who has explored some part of jungle I haven't visited. The info that has accumulated in your head through that process is what is interesting.

I stopped reading books not because AI is mesmerizing but because I find the non-interactive nature of books irritating after too much AI use. ChatGPT allows me to stop and explore something, slow things down, bypass other things, connect it to other things etc etc

My suggestion would be make it interactive. Release it with an interactive interface rag or fine tuned to your ideas and content. Use your imagination on how that interactivity should be shaped.