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this post was submitted on 03 May 2026
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I do that as well. Like tell it I have fetish for shag piles and space ships. And it'll recommend the movie Barbarella to me 😅
And one time, after reading how people publish AI written books, I tried to write a few short stories with AI myself. And at some point, I'd often end with the feeling "wait a minute, I know that movie". And after querying it about "similar" movies and TV shows, it'd tell me what it just ripped off. And recommend some more. Nothing fancy, I could have googled that. But nevertheless, I learned about some nice TV shows that way.
But fact-check the output. It also hallucinated some. And recommended some unwatchable tearjerker movies to me.
And nothing beats human word of mouth. If you have friends who get to learn you didn't watch The Expanse, or The Orville... they'll proactively recommend that to you and it'll make your day. Or week. And no amount of AI can do that. Same goes for your next favorite niche Italian metal band and their music.