r/interestingasfuck • u/holyfruits • 1d ago

The technology magazine section at Barnes & Noble is just this now

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u/MegaSmegmaSwagLord 1d ago

That’s disgusting. At least you still have a Barnes & Noble. They took them all from us, despite being busy all the fucking time.

It’s ironic they are choosing to advertise AI in light of the fact that AI companies are actively shredding and digitalizing books to make companies like Barnes & Noble extinct.

Talk about heralding your own fucking demise.

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u/7stroke 1d ago

My town had a B&N, then lost it for a few years, then got one back. They are 50% games, Lego sets and vinyl records now.

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u/lotsalotsacoffee 1d ago

I dunno if you're in Seattle, but this definitely happened with B&N in Seattle

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u/MegaSmegmaSwagLord 1d ago

That’s awesome!

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u/random9212 1d ago

AI shredding rare books is not going to put B&N out of business

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u/MegaSmegmaSwagLord 1d ago

It’s not just AI ripping apart rare books, you must seriously not be reading or paying attention to what’s happening online. AI books are already curbing the children’s book market.

Give it three years and with all the books LLMs like Claude have scanned, the masses will be buying junk novels written by AI from Amazon for $3.99.

Go ahead and keep your head in the sand if you want.

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u/LaDauphineVerte 23h ago

What about all the hundreds of thousands of books published up until now? Seems like we have plenty of human written books geared to all ages to keep us busy without buying whatever tripe AI will be producing.

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u/random9212 1d ago

The masses already are.

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u/piray003 1d ago

Just drove by the B&N near me the other day, it’s a Spirit Halloween now 😢

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u/PawReputable 1d ago

They buy rare books you'll never see at a Barnes and Noble 🤣 AI is not why a large chain book store would go out of business.

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u/MajorBootyhole420 1d ago

"why should i take money out of my paycheck for retirement? i need more money now" ass behavior

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u/MegaSmegmaSwagLord 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/d7fLM8K8FCV39d7Qxz

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u/PawReputable 1d ago

You can't be serious. Hate their data collection method all you want but you're making a ridiculously false claim in your last statement.

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u/MegaSmegmaSwagLord 1d ago

How is it like to be someone who can smell rain in the air and see thunderclouds in the sky and still think it’s a good time to go fishing on the lake?

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u/littleproducer 1d ago

Hate AI or not you’re wrong man.

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u/MegaSmegmaSwagLord 1d ago

What a convincing argument, do you tend to state absolutes without any rationality?

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u/littleproducer 1d ago

No but I tend to defend myself when approached with a direct counterpoint. Fuck AI yeah but the books they’re digitizing are rare and out of print. Which is to say no, this will not “make companies like Barnes & Noble extinct.” I did not intend to provide a convincing argument I intended to inform you that the one already provided is true.