X user claims you can read 100+ books a day with AI— but the internet isn't convinced

Time of India

6 days ago

Recently, Packy McCormick — the writer behind the Not Boring newsletter, posted a tweet that felt both hilarious and painfully accurate. With biting sarcasm, he quipped a tip for his users 'you can basically read> 100 books per day by asking ChatGPT to summarize them for you.
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' Attached was a screenshot where the AI neatly distilled Anna Karenina into a tidy, 300-word explanation — plotlines, themes, and all.
And if that didn't make a statement enough, Packy in his follow-up tweet, Packy asked ChatGPT to summarize The Lost Art of Reading — a book ironically warning about our shrinking attention spans and the slow erosion of deep, meaningful engagement with text. The AI obliged, and explained that David L.
Ulin explains through his work, that 'in this fast paced, hyper-connected world, we're losing the ability– and patience– to sit with a book and engage deeply.
The irony wasn't lost on anyone. A tool partly responsible for this very erosion was now calmly explaining its consequences — as if it hadn't just accelerated the trend. It was meta, brutal, and hilarious all at once. And netizens were quick to catch on to that.
One user wrote, 'You're missing the entire point of reading.
Books aren't just about the narrative. They're about word useage(sic), language. They're about culture - they give you quotes, insight to historical context and worldview. You cannot get any of that with a child's summary of what was an iconic book that served to change our world when it was released.'
Another said, 'You read books for more than one thing. The point of reading a book like Anna Karenina is the experience of reading Anna Karenina.
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How did the love happen? How did the betrayal happen? What was the clash between desire and expectation? All lost in these crass cliff notes.'
A third user puts her understanding quite eloquently. She wrote, 'Pro tip: you can basically eat whatever you want per day by asking chatgpt the recipe of it.'
But beneath the humor lies a real, more unsettling truth. In a world that's constantly speeding up, where information is bite-sized and everything scrolls past in seconds, reading remains one of the last few acts that demands our full attention.
It slows us down. It offers depth. And maybe most importantly, it gives us companionship — a quiet conversation with a voice that's not shouting over the noise. In a fast, distracted, and often lonely world, reading might just be the most human thing left.