{"id":259438,"date":"2026-05-30T06:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T10:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/biblioracle-on-the-ai-issues-with-the-future-of-truth-book\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T06:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T10:25:09","slug":"biblioracle-on-the-ai-issues-with-the-future-of-truth-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/biblioracle-on-the-ai-issues-with-the-future-of-truth-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Biblioracle on the AI issues with “The Future of Truth” book"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biblioracle on the AI issues with “The Future of Truth” book<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2026\/05\/30\/biblioracle-future-of-truth-artificial-intelligence\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-30 06:07:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.chicagotribune.com<\/a><\/p>\n

It was, sadly, inevitable that some AI \u201challucinated\u201d prose was going to show up in a major nonfiction book from a Big 5 publisher, but the irony of that book being titled \u201cThe Future of Truth: How AI Reshapes Reality\u201d is simply off the charts.<\/p>\n

A week or so after publication, a New York Times investigation revealed that \u201cThe Future of Truth\u201d contained \u201cnumerous made-up or misattributed quotes concocted by AI.\u201d Steven Rosenbaum, the book\u2019s author, acknowledged the errors, saying that he had previously disclosed his use of ChatGPT and Claude (leading generative AI models) during the \u201cresearch, writing, and editing process,\u201d and that for the errors he takes \u201cfull responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

One should hope so, though as I\u2019ll get to in a bit, I think there may be some things we readers can do to arrest the potential for a slide down the slippery slope into a world of AI slop.<\/p>\n

Published by the Matt Holt imprint under the Simon & Schuster banner, the book had garnered glowing pre-publication reviews and ecstatic blurbs from bestselling author Daniel Pink and The Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson, among equally august others.<\/p>\n

Rosenbaum is the executive director of the nonprofit Sustainable Media Center and the author of a previous book, \u201cCuration Nation: How to Win in a World Where Consumers Are Creators.\u201d In addition to his acceptance of responsibility, Rosenbaum told the Times he\u2019s starting his \u201cown investigation,\u201d which had me thinking of none other than O.J. Simpson.<\/p>\n

Given that I\u2019ve written my own book on writing and AI, and deliver talks and workshops in schools and universities on the subject, I could play armchair quarterback on how something like this could happen when interacting with the technology, but I\u2019d rather get to the root of the problem.<\/p>\n

And the root of the problem is a lack of respect.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a lack of respect for the people that Rosenbaum misquoted or misattributed. It\u2019s a lack of respect for readers who expect the…<\/p>\n

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