Wannabe reader claims to read 100 books a week thanks to AI book summarizing app: 'Fahrenheit 451 was non-fiction'

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
Aug 19, 2025 9:00 PM EDT

There are many who like to claim that we are in the middle of a growing literacy crisis, and to their credit, the evidence can seem compelling. It is no secret that most people only read when they pick up their phones, and even then, it had better be short sentences that don't get in the way of enjoying the slop factory. Fewer than half of parents read frequently to kids under the age of four, and more than half of US adults read at a 6th grade level or below.

It is a bleak state of affairs for the remaining wordcels out there, and it only feels more hopeless when we take the skyrocketing popularity of artificial intelligence into account. There is no need to read and write beyond the basics when a machine will more than happily do it for us, and not everybody is happy at the idea that this might become the new normal.

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  • This is why a portion of the internet was upset when a woman claimed on TikTok that she had uncovered the ability to ‘read’ 100 books a week thanks to an AI-powered app that summarized the texts for her to listen to in a couple of minutes. If there was one thing that everyone was united on, it was that this couldn't be counted as reading, and in a lot of ways, defeated the purpose of doing so. It doesn't take an avid reader to know that getting through the whole unabridged text is a pretty vital part of the process that is being skipped over here.

  • div C. @rinaldosregan Replying to @regxnaldo AND SHES SO PROUD OF IT
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  • 81reap @Prayag Bhakar Replying to @regxnaldo Oh, so Fahrenheit 451 was Non-Fiction Captain Beatty, Montag's fire chief, visits Montag to see how he is doing. Sensing his concerns, Beatty recounts the history of how books had lost their value and how the firemen were adapted for their current role: over decades, people began to embrace new media (like film and television), sports, and an ever-quickening pace of life. Books were abridged or degraded to accommodate shorter attention spans. At the s
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  • caroline! ✶✶@tsgirl37 Fan account Replying to @regxnaldo This is so annoying & disappointing
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  • Simran @freakingdreamy Replying to @regxnaldo This efforts for colleen Hoover book
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  • Lola ♥ ❤ @LolaaBrink Replying to @regxnaldo But you miss the whole fun in reading like that ?
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  • Glory @GloryGe523 Replying to @regxnaldo If you need an Al summary to get through Colleen Hoover, maybe rethink your life.
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  • Maugrim @haplotyp Replying to @regxnaldo I saw this too recently and girl, you saying read a book when you just read the summary. It's like saying you went on a vacation somewhere but actually you were just looking at pictures from that place. Like what are we doing?
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  • Samuel Cole @DarksisterMusic Replying to @regxnaldo That's like saying I'm an expert on the Ming Dynasty because I skimmed the Wikipedia page
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  • intro03 @intro031 Replying to @regxnaldo imagine thinking reading summary means finishing a book gotta be the next level of obsession just to tick it off in Goodreads
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  • rory @roryrickard_ Replying to @regxnaldo like girl you don't HAVE to read books?? it's supposed to be FUN and a HOBBY but this is like reading the wikipedia summary why would you do that
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  • Argel Tal @eiserstein Replying to @regxnaldo The part that baffles me the most is, do people not enjoy the process of reading a book anymore?
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  • er @xanaxhill Replying to @regxnaldo I thought it was an audiobook until i clicked the picture and saw a freaking 12 minutes???
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  • harrowhark is M.I.A. @illiesbian wish more people bought into the idea that the number of books you read isn't what is impressive, but that the ability to comprehend and explain complex topics+themes presented in the books you've read that's impressive
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  • sri @ZAFIRANASIR reading is not a competition oh my god nobody cares about how many books you read and if you're reading just to brag about how many books you've finished then it's time to stop "reading"
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  • @iwwpoets what's with this epidemic of people who obviously don't enjoy reading trying to convince everyone (and themselves) that they Are a reader
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  • gia @AWORDLYBEING we live in an age where ppl need Al-summary tools to "read" for LEISURE oh we are so cooked
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  • Asphalt Cowboy ❤ @BrofessorSnipe Reading physical books is reading. Listening to audiobooks is reading. Reading on your phone is reading. Reading on your e-reader is reading. This sh? This reading is not
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  • Maria Moita @Moita93 I don't know who needs to hear this, but it's okay to be a slow reader. You don't need techniques (like trying not to hear the voices in your head) just to read faster. Do you enjoy reading? Great. That's it. Enjoy the process. Re-read the paragraph. Hear the voices.
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  • bosmsoz @BossMoz an app that summarizes how food tastes so i don't have to waste time chewing/swallowing etc etc
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  • aylin > @weepingcaesar do yall remember when hobbies used to be fun leisure activities you were passionate about and did for yourself only instead of performative competitions to brag about online
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  • masseduction @m8ss3duction the concept of using a book summary tool to "read" romance books where the whole point is to picture urself as the character as a form of romantic gratification
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  • duha @duhahhaha there is no longer any evolutionary pressure for brain development everyone's gonna be dumb as rocks in 50 years
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  • Rachael @markruffaloTD I know someone who watches YouTube summaries of books and logs it on their goodreads. If you don't like reading don't pick up a book? Simple.
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