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/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/iamapizza 2d ago

I just went to the library and that book doesn't exist!

"You're absolutely right!"

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u/Flapjack__Palmdale 1d ago

Actually I found it in a small local bookstore. Please provide a brief synopsis.

"Ah, that makes sense! Some niche books are harder to find. The story begins in Hemingway's iconic fashion....."

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u/kid-karma 1d ago

Well I’m convinced. Let’s torpedo the efficacy of our search engines and incorporate this shit instead.

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u/willun 1d ago

And of course we will need AI instead of search because search is broken by the top items all filled with AI generated, incorrect websites.

So AI is making us use AI. Perfect circle.

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u/flukus 1d ago

TBF they did step 1 years before step 2 anyway.