Author asks whether human creation is still valued
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An author spent a year and a half completing a book, but while preparing to publish doubted whether their handwritten and manually proofread content might be less valuable than an AI-written version, and posted on Hacker News asking: does anyone still value human creation itself, even if the quality is slightly lower? The post received 4 points and 7 comments. The report does not mention the specific replies or conclusions in the thread.
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- Hacker News AIAsk HN: Do you see a human written book more valuable than an AI written one?
An author who spent a year and a half writing and hand-reviewing a book now doubts it will be as good as an AI-written one, and asks whether people value human work more than AI even when it is not as good. The post links to a Hacker News discussion with 4 points and 7 comments.
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