Laptops and an 18th-century shipwreck: What Berkeley library patrons checked out in 2024The Berkeley Public Library's most popular item in 2024 was not a book, but Windows 10 laptops, reflecting patrons' digital engagement.James McBride and David Grann led in fiction and nonfiction respectively, indicating diverse literary interests.
AI poetry out-humans humans as readers prefer bots to bardsReaders often prefer AI-generated poetry over that of renowned human poets, highlighting potential biases in literary appreciation.