I find that it just seems to pick the most well known author of the three and gives me back mostly just other books by them. Or otherwise doesn't seem to recommend based on the content or themes or historical context of the book, but broad current cultural patterns.
Like, I get that the type of guy who likes Infinite Jest would probably like the three James Joyce books recommended to me, but thats more of an Amazon recommendation than an informed AI one. Its also surely the case that an IJ fan is aware of Joyce already!
I tried to be more obscure and personalized: 2666 by Robert Bolaño, The Dissertation by RM Koster, and Notable American Women by Ben Marcus (which is a novel despite its title). I got back a David Foster Wallace book, another Bolaño book, a book of short stories that is maybe actually interesting but very different from my input, and a homemaking book about reducing waste in your home.
Kinda seems like a waste of energy hooking up AI to this, you could just scrape Goodreads and get the same quality output.
Like, I get that the type of guy who likes Infinite Jest would probably like the three James Joyce books recommended to me, but thats more of an Amazon recommendation than an informed AI one. Its also surely the case that an IJ fan is aware of Joyce already!
I tried to be more obscure and personalized: 2666 by Robert Bolaño, The Dissertation by RM Koster, and Notable American Women by Ben Marcus (which is a novel despite its title). I got back a David Foster Wallace book, another Bolaño book, a book of short stories that is maybe actually interesting but very different from my input, and a homemaking book about reducing waste in your home.
Kinda seems like a waste of energy hooking up AI to this, you could just scrape Goodreads and get the same quality output.