The two editions of The Story of Charles M. Schulz: An Inspiring Story for Kids have different covers. The edition that is solely in English shows Schulz as an old man; the one that is in both English and Farsi shows Schulz as a youth. But the vital fact is: neither looks like Charles Schulz ever looked. The youth has far more eyebrows than Sparky ever had.

These things have me torn. On one hand, I don’t want to give any money to folks cranking out crappy AI books. On the other hand, in the right circumstances I really want to be able to not only tell but actually show examples of crappy cheap exploitation of Peanuts. If I found these in a yard sale pile, I’d be over the moon. And I’d want to see how much is gotten wrong (generative AI is a make-up machine that tries to create material that looks right, not stuff that is right.  Other books from this “author” have reviews complaining about factual inaccuracy.)

From the same author: did you know that Abe Lincoln was a blue-eyed smoke show?

Did you know that John Adams lived so long ago, he had to use a dial telephone???

While some folks are trying to erase others these days, other folks seem willing to let computers reinvent it. >sigh<

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