that are still within copyright,
so it’s generally not helpful.
Grok is pretty much giving me books that are still within copyright, so it’s generally not helpful.
When asked about McGuffey’s it didn’t recommend Thalheimer’s, for example. and if I don’t include to ask about Ray’s it doesn’t recommend it at all. It has trouble crossing disciplines.
The other and larger trouble with AI, it’s likely going to be inflicted with the disease of recent-ism. It classed things from the 1950s and 1970s as ‘vintage and old’.
I am required to pre-know the title or author to ask Grok, but then if I already know the title or author why am I bothering to waste my time to ask Grok? Grok doesn’t have the answers I seek. I need humans here.
While I do appreciate every recommendation regardless of its publication date, I can’t audio book them if they’re too new.
One of the rooms in our family homestead has shelves full of McGuffey, math, social studies, etc. books from when my aunt was a “normal school” teacher in the 1920s.
Hubby is a PhD in Physics and he was blown away by the difficulty level in the 6th grade math books.