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Barnes & Noble CEO backs selling AI-written books in stores

2026-05-20 · r/technology

Barnes & Noble's CEO is cool with stocking AI-generated books on shelves, apparently deciding that the centuries-old tradition of human authorship is just another inefficiency to optimize away. Nothing says 'we value literature' like filling your stores with algorithmically-generated slop next to actual authors who spent years on their craft.

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