20250317 - OpenAI brings you statistically average lit-fic

Free of human involvement! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/17/openai-brings-you-statistically-average-literary-fiction/ Sam Altman talks up his new literary fiction LLM: https://x.com/sama/status/1899535387435086115 Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pnin_(novel) Stolen Threads post: https://www.threads.net/@seanrfrazier/post/DFpzFFgApk3 Amazon limits self-publishers to three books a day: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/20/amazon-restricts-authors-from-self-publishing-more-than-three-books-a-day-after-ai-concerns previously: OpenAI needs way too much money: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/06/openais-200-per-month-chatgpt-pro-maybe-theres-a-market/ DeepSeek is kicking OpenAI's backside: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/28/deepseek-slaps-openai-tech-stocks-crash/ People don't enjoy making music, says AI music CEO being sued for stealing music: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/14/people-dont-enjoy-making-music-says-ai-music-ceo-being-sued-for-stealing-music/ Culture is not about aesthetics: https://rocknerd.co.uk/2013/09/13/culture-is-not-about-aesthetics-punk-rock-is-now-enforced-by-law/ AI-generated text and Altman-generated text were rendered by the Libby AI voice from Microsoft Azure. Sign up: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5