{"product_id":"reader-bot-what-happens-when-ai-reads-and-why-it-matters-9781503643949","title":"Reader Bot: What Happens When AI Reads and Why It Matters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat happens to human reading when AI bots can do it for us?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Explosive developments in artificial intelligence have awed everyday users with the technology's ability to draw, do computer coding, and especially to write. Those AI-generated essays and poems, legal briefs and responses to requests for information are all visible evidence of large language models at work. What we don't see is the critical prior step: before it can write, AI needs to read. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e While AI's written outcomes are remarkably similar to what a diligent student, lawyer, or researcher might produce, AI doesn't read the way that humans do. Now that AI is proving an adept reader, what happens to our own reading skills and motivations--especially at a time when both voluntary and school reading are increasingly on the decline? We have learned that when we let chatbots write for us, there are pros and cons to handing over our virtual pens. It's critical that we also think through the consequences of relinquishing reading--a deeply human activity--to bots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e What do we stand to gain and lose when we let AI read for us? Tracing the intersecting trajectories of AI and reading, \u003ci\u003eReader Bot\u003c\/i\u003e tackles this vital question, revealing why we must be thoughtful about how we welcome AI-as-reader into our lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Naomi S. Baron\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781503643949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNaomi S. Baron\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emerita of Linguistics at American University. Her most recent books include \u003ci\u003eHow We Read Now: Strategic Choices for Print, Screen, and Audio\u003c\/i\u003e (2021) and \u003ci\u003eWho Wrote This? How AI and the Lure of Efficiency Threaten Human Writing\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford, 2023). Her work has been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the BBC, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Chronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Conversation\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other outlets.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Naomi S. Baron \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47598609596573,"sku":"9781503643949","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_3e21d1b4-0a75-4ff6-b227-9420279952cf.jpg?v=1769516714","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/reader-bot-what-happens-when-ai-reads-and-why-it-matters-9781503643949","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}