About whether LLMs trained on books could replace reading them, for copyright purposes.
Has this happened?
Yes 12 (9%)Not sure 14 (10%)No 109 (81%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether LLMs trained on books could replace reading them, for copyright purposes.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
LLMs will never be able to not hallucinate. Also, it's insane to me that people like you would prefer to ask a chatbot about a book rather than read the book itself. Part of the value of books is the voice of an author.