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Books offer connection that builds the deeper understanding that forms the value LLMs seek to unpack and extract.
Favouring Claude-based summaries over human connection is laughably short-sighted.
Call me a Luddite. I'll call you a robot.
usually ask an LLM to summarize a book, and then engage for hours in conversation with the LLM about the parts of the book I'm interested in. It's more efficient way to ingest data/ideas than skimming hundreds of pages for the few nuggets of wisdom you're actually interested in.
Yeah, im not sure that's right. Maybe if the LLM already perfectly understands your interests and perspectives
Agree- a book is where you actively engage with the authors thoughts and thought processes in real time and directly.
It is not meant to be mediated by a word processor automaton summary... doing so strips the process of its humanity, essence and purpose.
our pal Ezra in the NYT the other day disagreed
Slowly reading a difficult book is far better than rapidly absorbing summaries of 12 books; struggling through a first draft will lead you to more new ideas than editing five A.I.-written drafts
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/opinion/ai-jobs-unemployment-silicon-valley.html
Yes, you can do that. LLMs have advanced a lot. They can provide you with plenty of analysis and insights regarding a book. However, if you don’t read the book yourself, you miss out on a precious opportunity humans have to to exercise your mind, to sharpen your intellect, to think independently, to develop critical thinking, and so on. These are things an LLM cannot offer you, no matter how much information or 'accurate' analysis it provides.
For the price of one new book, you can have an LLM design a print a wall poster with the spines of every book you care about, that way your guests still have something to look at lol.
Anyway, I think this is such an interesting idea LOL
If you have a bookshelf, you're short Bitcoin. Sell your chairs, sell your books, buy an LLM subscription and vibe-code something that saves time and stacks sats.
I usually ask an LLM to summarize a book, and then engage for hours in conversation with the LLM about the parts of the book I'm interested in. It's more efficient way to ingest data/ideas than skimming hundreds of pages for the few nuggets of wisdom you're actually interested in. But you miss out on the author's style, rambling and quirkiness which has it's own charm. Public libraries exist, borrow don't buy!
For the price of one new book, you can have an LLM design a print a wall poster with the spines of every book you care about, that way your guests still have something to look at lol.