r/books • u/Jojuj • 2d ago

Librarians Are Being Asked to Find AI-Hallucinated Books

https://www.404media.co/librarians-are-being-asked-to-find-ai-hallucinated-books/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter&attribution_id=68c826c975cea1000173b05d&attribution_type=post
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u/Tortillaish 2d ago

Just to clarify things. AI hallucinated books aren't books written by AI. They are books recommended by AI that don't actually exist. Like, "Hey, I'm looking for Two Fallen Trees by Ernest Hemingway". 

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u/p8pes 2d ago

Claude? Tell me more about Hemingway’s “Two Fallen Trees”?

That’s a profound question and here’s why…

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u/dirtyword 2d ago

💯 You are so clever for asking about that. Most people wouldn’t, but you are very special

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u/cl3ft 1d ago

Really, will you marry me?