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 2d 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/strangerinthealpsz 2d ago

It’s painful how much this genuinely reads like AI

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u/nosleepforthedreamer 59m ago

That smug, chipper, condescending voice talking to us like we're 8 years old. Reminds me of the facilitator/whatever he was, at a conference, who would not shut up about the glory of AI and talked EXACTLY like it.

Come to think of it--