Fake Knife Books - Don't get suckered

[Rookie82]

I'm trying to help get the word out to knife collectors about an annoying new trend I've noticed on Amazon and Ebay, where AI generated slop is being presented as real items. I posted this on other forums as well.

I like knife books, and am always on the hunt for ones that I do not already have. I came across these couple, and after doing a bit of digging, found that these books have fake AI cover images, and the content inside is all AI written non-sense. In looking at other books offered by the authors, they have "written" dozens under many different subjects, and all are just AI created garbage. A person can have AI create a 100 page book about any topic in a matter of minutes, and create a fake AI generated cover image, and self-publish through Amazon and have a book listed for sale in less than 3 days.

Please be wary of any knife books you find that were written 2024 or newer, without doing your homework. Don't spend your money on this trash.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G728DBT2

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GZNVDQ2J

It's almost comical how bad the graphics are. My worry is that as AI gets better in the coming years, it is going to be harder to detect.

 

[Mens Abdita]

If you bought the books, you can leave a bad review on their Amazon pages. One of them already has a single 5-star review....

 

[Rookie82]

If you bought the books, you can leave a bad review on their Amazon pages. One of them already has a single 5-star review....

I was looking at buying, and then looked harder and realized what they were. I'm glad I didn't buy either. I did report both of them to Amazon, but I doubt that will do much good.

 

[Mens Abdita]

I was looking at buying, and then looked harder and realized what they were. I'm glad I didn't buy either. I did report both of them to Amazon, but I doubt that will do much good.

Yeah, it's so frustrating how getting garbage off their platform is not in their best interest.

 

[RickHuf]

Looks like it's a fictional author as well.... With a ton of BS books written by AI

 

[SharpBits]

Thanks for posting. I reported both of them just now.

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks for the heads-up

 

[r8shell]

Here's the cover, in case anyone doesn't want to give the algorithm a click:

That impossible 3rd blade is a giveaway, but yeah, it's going to get harder and harder to tell reality from B.S.

 

[RickHuf]

That impossible 3rd blade

Hahahahaha that is a good one, I completely missed that

The skeg oattern

 

[dsutton24]

Looks like the pen blade behind the clip is backward.

 

[buckthorn]

Thank you for the important and helpful warning!

 

[Arathol]

Why do both books have the same title?
Isn't that some sort of copyright violation?
AI is good at skimming the internet for information but its pretty much illiterate when it comes to reading and writing. It has issues with context when it comes to generating text in images. It knows where the text should be but not what it should say and sometimes not even what text looks like.
Check out the tang stamps on the cover of the Riley Stone.Pocket Knife Identification Guide....

 

[Rookie82]

Why do both books have the same title?
Isn't that some sort of copyright violation?

When self-publishing a book through Amazon, books are not copyrighted. So I would expect this problem to get exponentially worse as AI makes it easier for scammers to scam.