I used AI for accelerating my reading a book recently. This is a interesting usecase. But it same as racing for the destination instead enjoying the journey.
It kills the tone, pace and the expressions of the author. It is pretty much same as an assistant summarizing the whole book for you, if that's what you want. It misses the entire experience delivered by the author.
Yes AI subsumes edge cases to produce a very uniform optimal writing (what we call AI slop). I am assuming this is a book you were reading for knowledge work, not for fun? Not heard about people recreationally using AI for consumer content that's a bridge too far for me lol.
It's not optimal. It's overwritten, repetitive, cliche and increasingly incoherent over longer generations. I say this as someone who likes AI and uses it to create rough drafts and structural revisions of my ideas.
It kills the tone, pace and the expressions of the author. It is pretty much same as an assistant summarizing the whole book for you, if that's what you want. It misses the entire experience delivered by the author.