[lmm]

> It’s not just to save the effort— stories are good because they surprise, challenge, and inspire us.

Maybe, but that's the minority of demand. Most book sales are to people looking for something comfortable - think the near-infinite supply of practically interchangeable romance novels or detective stories.

[DrewADesign]

Comfortable is different than known. How often do people use LLMs to generate fiction for them to read?

[lmm]

I hear a lot of people already roleplay with LLMs which is pretty much that.

[DrewADesign]

No, it’s not the same as generating yourself a static piece of literature to read. It’s the difference between having an hours-long conversation and listening to an hours-long monologue. They are neither conceptually nor practically the same activity. It’s much closer to playing a video game.