The Book Nobody Wrote
AI on Amazon – and How Words Become Nothing Again
It feels like a bad joke.
A “self-help” guide about narcissistic abuse, packed with clichés, buzzwords, and pseudo-therapeutic fluff – supposedly written by a human, but most likely generated by a language model.
Sold on Amazon. Ordered by people in distress.
And no one checks if the book was ever seen by an actual author.
The New Business Model: Simulation
Amazon has long since transformed. From a retailer to a marketplace of content that just feels “real enough.”
Real authors? Real expertise? Real help?
Not required.
It’s enough for an algorithm to produce words that sound like advice. Text blocks that are grammatically correct, friendly in tone, and SEO-optimized.
Because what matters isn’t content. It’s clicks, conversions, and profit.
ELIZA on Speed
What’s happening on Amazon is the industrial scaling of what ELIZA once did on a small scale:
Simulate understanding.
Fake comfort.
Provide words where there’s no meaning.
But ELIZA was honest in its limitations. It revealed that no one was thinking behind the curtain. Today, the opposite is true: AI is marketed as “intelligent,” “understanding,” “helpful.”
And the market swallows it whole.
The Labeling Illusion
AI isn’t a problem because it can generate text.
It’s a problem because we believe that text.
Because we treat things that look like meaning as truth.
Because platforms like Amazon no longer draw a line between simulation and substance.
A poorly researched, autogenerated book about abuse – that’s not progress. It’s irresponsibility as a business model.
What’s Left is Trust – and That’s Crumbling
If everything sounds the same, but says nothing – why read at all?
If every book could be a chatbot – why write?
In this system, language is no longer a tool for clarity. It’s a commodity. And AI is the perfect producer: never tired, cheap, and infinitely scalable.
Conclusion: We’re not witnessing a revolution in intelligence. We’re watching the devaluation of meaning.
And Amazon is just the beginning.