Tim Ferriss 说他的书的销量,从 2025年开始发生了断崖式的下跌。2025比 2024下跌了 46%, 2026年迄今为止比去年同期下跌 57%。 他推测原因可能是 AI,尤其是AI 对于非虚构类的书籍的冲击.
我觉得很有道理,因为我自己最近几个月的习惯不再是看书,而是不断拷问不同的 AI. 而自己获得实质性收获的程度,取决于对 AI 提问的深度。
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"Has AI Already Killed How-To Nonfiction? Sales Trends, My Personal Data, and What It Might Mean for the Future"
My head has been spinning after getting a spreadsheet roughly a week ago.
Before we dive into my dirty laundry, let’s state the obvious: millions of people have a vague sense that AI is changing things. And LLMs sure are convenient for getting answers quickly. My team and I use Claude and other tools daily.
But far fewer people have first-hand experience with the speed and intensity of disruption that’s happening. Not in a year, not in six months, but right now.
So let me show you, using my own books as the cadaver on the table, what a fatality looks like.
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