Amazon Caught Peddling AI Slop Version of Cory Doctorow’s “Enshittification” That's So Ironic That We Have to Go Outside and Stare at the Sky for a Bit

9 months ago by Tony Bark to c/nottheonion

The renowned tech critic's book "Enshittification" hasn't even been out for a full day, and Amazon is already selling AI-generated knockoffs.
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lichtmetzger 50 points 9 months ago

That's just so stupid. I can't imagine Doctorow's usual audience falling for this, though.

(Started reading it today and couldn't put it away, it's an amazing book, especially the chapter about technofeudalism. I bought my copy as a DRM-free .epub on thalia.de and it's definitely the real one 😆.)

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Funwayguy 32 points 9 months ago

My tinfoil hat theory is that this instance is less a cashgrab and more an attack from AI slopbros to drown out criticism their billionaire overlords.

Really keen to sit down and read this book though.

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