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Комментарии • 630

  • @bladepanthera
    @bladepanthera Год назад +3006

    I feel like alexa saying frankenstein is it's favourite book is definitely the trolling of a developer somewhere. I can imagine a jira (a system for tracking work) ticket being created and the dev involved having a real chuckle over this. I would totally do it. 😂

    • @livtupi
      @livtupi Год назад +65

      Yeah and Alexa has lots of lil jokes on her figurative sleeves, i don't have one but I've seen friends who have one demonstrating a few questions that cause her to say some funny things

    • @nehamotwani6477
      @nehamotwani6477 Год назад +13

      Someone should try cross questioning it after this. Like why this one? Or other than this what else would be it's favorite? Does alexa reply to that?

    • @backthen4449
      @backthen4449 Год назад +1

      5:57

    • @MusclesandBooks
      @MusclesandBooks Год назад +6

      JIRA ticket? Hello, fellow agile IT worker, LOL. Would have loved to have seen the review of that feature ticket in the scrum meeting, LOL.

    • @bladepanthera
      @bladepanthera Год назад +2

      @@MusclesandBooks why hello there :)
      Haha yes! Chuckles all around I imagine 😂

  • @faithannerush
    @faithannerush Год назад +1895

    Jack whispering “Alexa” because he doesn’t want her to come alive make me giggle lol

    • @dace8828
      @dace8828 Год назад +5

      i replayed that bit 5 times :D *****alexa...*****

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. Год назад +754

    Not Jack treating ChatGPT like it’s Tom Riddle’s Diary in ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’.

  • @annasebelova6622
    @annasebelova6622 Год назад +836

    The absolute plotwist when Jack said that he’s in Spain and he was ACTUALLY in Spain. I just thought that he would say that he is in Spain without the “S” because the book is sad or something. 😅

  • @zulmie5777
    @zulmie5777 Год назад +1622

    jack: gushes about how intellectual the book was
    also jack: literally uses the word ostensibly in the next sentence

    • @emmapanvil
      @emmapanvil Год назад +24

      love this. He always does this!!!!

    • @alicetaylorsversion13
      @alicetaylorsversion13 Год назад +9

      had this thought exactly after hearing that part of the video!! 😂❤

    • @AO2437.
      @AO2437. Год назад +3

      Exactly!

    • @srisruthi8937
      @srisruthi8937 Год назад

      But doesn't the word mean 'apparently'? If so, how can the book be a memoir, apparently? it's actually a memoir....and ostensibly is opposite of actual/true. I'm just asking to understand the usage as English isn't my first language. Cuz it may be like the case where people use 'literally' as both 'exactly' and 'metaphorically'.

    • @zulmie5777
      @zulmie5777 Год назад +1

      ​@@srisruthi8937 perhaps he's saying it seems just like a memoir on the surface but is actually something else (which would be the word used correctly)

  • @romaissakoulal3128
    @romaissakoulal3128 Год назад +924

    This is equally scary and fascinating!

    • @KB-pk5ze
      @KB-pk5ze Год назад +5

      Why is it scary?

    • @pawa303
      @pawa303 Год назад +23

      @@KB-pk5ze New technology is almost always scary, but AI is even more scary for most people. The idea that we might not be the “smartest” around anymore is freaky. People might be scared they’ll lose their jobs, as well. Used to be just blue collar jobs getting taken by machines, but AI might put white collar jobs in that position.
      In my opinion though, these are unlikely. I think the number of white collar jobs will INCREASE, but the diversity will decrease (more people will work on further developing these technologies, and other industries might lose their appeal”.

    • @arcyeus
      @arcyeus Год назад

      @@KB-pk5ze p

    • @astereae2211
      @astereae2211 Год назад

      ​@@pawa303 yes, it's really like that

  • @florenceouellet4445
    @florenceouellet4445 Год назад +241

    My boss is also a uni professor and he found out about ChatGPT and ChatGPT adjacent bots being used by students to write their papers and he hasn’t known peace since. ChatGPT broke my boss basically

    • @knz730
      @knz730 Год назад +61

      ChatGTP doesn't do a good job at citations (yet) so cross-checking referencing is the easiest way to catch this at the moment.

  • @shayne-1880
    @shayne-1880 Год назад +179

    12:02 I love how Jack all of a sudden goes into an American accent for “robot books about robots” and then fully switches back in the span of a few seconds

    • @mossmother64
      @mossmother64 Год назад +7

      He literally sounded like someone dude bro doing voiceovers for an ad 😂👌🏽

  • @louisadsc
    @louisadsc Год назад +658

    Seeing Jack Manifold in this video was something I could not have predicted if you'd given me 1000 guesses.

    • @meganoc491
      @meganoc491 Год назад +102

      SAMEEE WHEN I SAW HIM IT WAS LIKE WHIPLASH

    • @KOOLPLUG
      @KOOLPLUG Год назад +100

      i literally didnt see that coming. the jack's are friends.

    • @TynaTheReader
      @TynaTheReader Год назад +87

      I came here to say exactly the same. As an ex-DSMP fan, I was SHOOK.

    • @e.keene06
      @e.keene06 Год назад +60

      i swear jack manifold is everywhere

    • @emmaqua-enoo8161
      @emmaqua-enoo8161 Год назад +12

      Same😭😭😭

  • @Mary-uq4ww
    @Mary-uq4ww Год назад +479

    “It was gorgeous, it was also really depressing” here you go, that’s how you describe the entirety of Russian classic literature in one sentence
    If you do read “War and Peace” you can actually practice your French too, it’s 2 in 1! There are PAGES in French (at least in the Russian edition, not sure if it’s the same in the English one)

    • @DanielleGaither
      @DanielleGaither Год назад +30

      Depends on the translation. I think the Briggs translates the French into English for you, whereas Pevear and Volokhonsky leave the French in the text and provide an English translation in footnotes.

    • @aglayabaranova5525
      @aglayabaranova5525 Год назад +20

      Yes, I read the book in Russian, and yes, there are whole pages in French. What's funny is that the French text is then followed by like a page of the translation to Russian :)

    • @camilasfv0208
      @camilasfv0208 Год назад +6

      I read Anna Karenina in Portuguese and as I remember they kept the French bits in French, which wasn't that hard for me as I already speak Portuguese. But yes, at some moments I was just freestyling the translation according to the context 😂

    • @Sarana.
      @Sarana. Год назад +4

      I’ve read W&P and Anna Karenina in Finnish and there weren’t full pages in French but there were some sentences and expressions which were left in French and the translations were in the footnotes so it’s interesting how it changes between translations

    • @TheUltimateLegend7
      @TheUltimateLegend7 Год назад +1

      ​@@camilasfv0208 I did the same with the Romanian version. It was nice seeing I could understand bits of it.

  • @benholmes8870
    @benholmes8870 Год назад +739

    I feel like Jack decribing AI as wholesome at the start gave me the shakes, I've just started using AI like ChatGPT and looked into Dall-E and Midjourney and as someone looking to go into the creative industry, I legit have such fear of it, it's scary. These are the most developed and comprehensive examples of AI systems and Chat GPT was literally built in such a short amount of time. Chat GPT is making such waves and its literally a beta test, I'm scared to imagine what this program will look like in 10 year. But all this AI trauma aside, great video lol

    • @lauravsthepage
      @lauravsthepage Год назад +24

      Lol hopefully the new generation of workers really focuses on being likeable because thats the only thing that will matter once Ai makes being skilled at things redundant lol

    • @No-cj9zx
      @No-cj9zx Год назад +9

      I think AI is fascinating

    • @khalilahd.
      @khalilahd. Год назад +21

      Lmfaoo I’m honestly starting to get freaked out too so I’m just glad I’m not the only one 😭

    • @ringstaystingray
      @ringstaystingray Год назад +21

      I don't think we rlly need to worry in terms of AI eradicating the need for actual human artists. There have been many recent videos here on youtube about how AI art isn't actual art. And I personally think a lot of them make good points and arguments, such that we rlly don't need to be too apprehensive. Yk a song could be written by AI, but I wouldn't listen to it if I needed to confide in some solace. Because no matter how good the song is, if it doesn't have legitimate sincerity or intention, then it will always feel hollow. Personally I still find a lot of the new AI art produced to be too generic to warrant being referred to as creative. And I suggest perhaps looking into how AI actually works (if you haven't already) would help assuage any anxieties you might have towards it. Just wanted to say that since I used to be very paranoid about technology and especially AI, and I still remember how troubled and restless I got.. now I'd say I'm more optimistic that people will recognize the indispensability of deliberate art

    • @lisahoshowsky4251
      @lisahoshowsky4251 Год назад +35

      Yeah, AI art programs disturb me. They’re literally being fed artists work (a lot of which is under copyright still) to spit out “free” art that’s being praised and admired by the internet while people who spent actual time and talent are shunted even further down than they already were. Artists already had trouble being fairly compensated for their skill and now ai can just steal their art and use it so someone can generate “free art” when they don’t want to commission an actual artist.
      Don’t get me wrong, like they’re cool and I personally enjoy music videos where each line of lyrics has been used to generate an image, I find it fascinating, but AI portraits of people are flooding all my various interest groups and it’s sad to know artists are losing commissions over this, not that I expect the average person to comprehend that that’s what AI art means. They just see it as a cool tool and free art but don’t understand the connotations.

  • @hannahchristinah
    @hannahchristinah Год назад +144

    Yay for Tolstoy! Work your way up to 'War and Peace' by reading 'Anna Karenina' first! More up your alley, I think.
    The biggest issue with Tolstoy is that there are a LOT of people, lots of names, and each person has several names by which they are called. I made a little character map on the bookmark as I read the book, and it helped a lot!

    • @tgcccc
      @tgcccc Год назад +5

      im currently reading anna karenina rn and its so nice!! my copy has a map of all the names and nicknames at the front so i just go back to check once in a while.

    • @DinoOrison
      @DinoOrison Год назад

      I thought his biggest issue was that he was russian imperialist, slave owner and rapist, but well, maybe someone is ok with that

    • @josipag2185
      @josipag2185 Год назад

      Well, the biology and the paintings of some paintors of the whales described in Moby Dick are far worse, this at least is like you said, doable, have solution. For me it wasn't really a problem.

    • @TheUltimateLegend7
      @TheUltimateLegend7 Год назад +1

      Yes, even in Anna Karenina I had to do this for some characters (mainly Levin s brother, because he had like three names and he appeared often enough to be important but not often enough for me to remember his name ...) . I can't wait to reread it, as someone who almost never rereads, I m sure I ve missed a lot on the first read.

  • @kaveeshkhanapurkar4759
    @kaveeshkhanapurkar4759 Год назад +90

    jack edwards and Jack manifold in the same frame is not something I would've ever expected lol. it's like 2 opposite worlds and personalities coming together

  • @onegirlwolfpack
    @onegirlwolfpack Год назад +60

    I just asked my Alexa what her favorite book is, too, just to see if she said the same thing and she said "My absolute favorite book is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. I learned a lot about what it means to be human." 😳

  • @neverbored
    @neverbored Год назад +264

    I can't believe you got a degree in literature without ever reading Tolstoy 😂

    • @josipag2185
      @josipag2185 Год назад +10

      And Cervantes. Those Brits have to upscale, I konw that their ally is Hollywood, hence so many Shakespeare, Austen, even fictional romantic version of Bloody Elisabeth (because Mary wasn't so bloody), but Cervantes and Tolstoy are basics.

    • @TheUltimateLegend7
      @TheUltimateLegend7 Год назад +9

      And I might understand not reading War and Peace (because it IS quite long...), but at least Anna Karenina should be a must (I even consider it beter than War and Peace)

    • @adelamalinadragut9573
      @adelamalinadragut9573 Год назад +5

      i guess he got an english degree. im doing the same and we only have one comparative literatures class where we read foreign books

    • @Emily-xr6ny
      @Emily-xr6ny 11 месяцев назад

      @@TheUltimateLegend7anna karenina is still 850 or so pages lmao

    • @TheUltimateLegend7
      @TheUltimateLegend7 11 месяцев назад

      @@Emily-xr6ny to be fair I had an edition with small writing and it only had 550 pages or so. I found it much shorter than War and Peace.

  • @simibhatyani7004
    @simibhatyani7004 Год назад +255

    This is terrifying but amazing
    Also wtf is jack manifold doing here

    • @eeva_321
      @eeva_321 Год назад +34

      when two world's collide 😅

    • @sudity9435
      @sudity9435 Год назад +17

      @@eeva_321 When two Jacks collide

  • @amt0310
    @amt0310 Год назад +98

    I think this is probably the best, most wholesome and non problematic use you can give an AI. Loved the video!

  • @sans-ii1yc
    @sans-ii1yc Год назад +11

    seing jack manifold in a jack edwards video has rocked my world

  • @dom_mld
    @dom_mld Год назад +188

    I was concinved to read War and Peace at the start of this year and I am just about halfway through and it is incredibly good. If you didn't want to read Tolstoy's super long works, consider Anna Karenina which is about 600 pages shorter.

    • @elskuperus4393
      @elskuperus4393 Год назад +12

      Yes! Anna Karenina is so beautiful, you will love it.

    • @tobsi2256
      @tobsi2256 Год назад +12

      Especially from what Jack says he is interested in, AK sounds like the better choice. In W&P so much time is dedicated to the philosophy of war and history, it was nauseating for me (esp. cause I did a class presentation on that, focusing on the character Kutuzov).
      Although, after AK you feel like you've been through a agricultur seminar so idk. I'd still go with AK though.

    • @MayaMad33
      @MayaMad33 Год назад +5

      @@tobsi2256 Reading Anna Karenina right now, and it is absolutely lovely! It is the first Tolstoy I've read, and now I can't wait to read more. Although war and peace is quite intimidating.

    • @asterismos5451
      @asterismos5451 Год назад +2

      I really liked the rich people soap opera bits of W&P but my god I couldn't care less for the military theory or philosophizing bits so that evened out to finding it mediocre. But it's got appeal for people with patience who like random unsolicited philosophizing.

    • @tallactordude
      @tallactordude Год назад

      I was going to suggest Anna Karenina instead myself, but I can see others have beaten me to it. it’s still quite long, but I think it is more accessible than W&P, which ends with an incredibly long essay that I found myself getting totally lost in.

  • @amelieomg9510
    @amelieomg9510 Год назад +63

    jack and jack what omg yes the collab we didnt know we needed

  • @radiosilenve
    @radiosilenve Год назад +14

    you should definitely be terrified because i asked it for a YA surrealism novel set in the early 1900s and it recommended me 'the night circus', which is my favorite book of all time. i'm scared to death LOL

  • @paulamusik2509
    @paulamusik2509 Год назад +12

    How come you didn't ever read anything by Tolstoy? I know war and peace and Anna Karenina are long but his writing style is just BEAUTIFUL. He has a lot of great short story collections for people who want to get into him but are terrified of the prospect of reading 1000 plus pages.

  • @Gilzing
    @Gilzing Год назад +50

    Not sure if you are going to do something like this again in the future, but there is something that might be fun to play with in the future. You can feed chat GPT your top 20 favorite books, and all the books you have read, and ask it to give you recommendations based on your favorites. It does get things wrong, but it could be a fun experiment.

  • @Lizzie-jb5nw
    @Lizzie-jb5nw Год назад +75

    Hiya, classicist in the house: I would very kindly like to correct a little something: the title of The Argonauts seems to me to be built on a mistake. The paradox that you talk about (of the ship in the end not being the same ship anymore) is generally referred to as the Ship of Theseus (based on Plutarch's Life of Theseus): this is a different ship than the Argo! It's the ship on which Theseus sailed back to Athens from Crete. The French essayist Roland Barthes actually got this confused with the Argo (on which Theseus did sail but which is not the same ship), and set in motion a wrongful association, on which in my opinion Maggie Nelson's title is also based, based on what you said :)

    • @stingray2223
      @stingray2223 Год назад +1

      thank god someone noticed, i even googled it to be sure!!

  • @elainagilbert7663
    @elainagilbert7663 Год назад +72

    I'm currently reading War and Peace as part of my NY resolution and I highly recommend it. Don't let the length deter you. If the length does bother you, read other things at the same time, that way you stay entertained and you won't notice how long it is as much.

    • @flippanties
      @flippanties Год назад +3

      I read a lot of fantasy so long books are totally normal to me, and this is exactly how I read them! I think I read about 3 other books whilst I was getting through The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

    • @sarahdenton7559
      @sarahdenton7559 Год назад

      Thanks for the encouragement! I’ve been wanting to read War and Peace and you convinced me to finally pick it up.

    • @ProseAndPetticoats
      @ProseAndPetticoats Год назад +2

      I'm also reading War and Peace right now! (And 4 other books) 😁

    • @elainagilbert7663
      @elainagilbert7663 Год назад +1

      @@sarahdenton7559 I'm so glad.

    • @camilasfv0208
      @camilasfv0208 Год назад

      @@sarahdenton7559 if you still haven't read it yet, you can start with Anna Karenina, it's long but still shorter than War and Peace. It's good for you to acclimate to Tolstoi's narrative style and it is also another wonderful book

  • @momoesawaki4486
    @momoesawaki4486 Год назад +47

    This man is the reason I started reading.

  • @khanhvyle4112
    @khanhvyle4112 Год назад +144

    you should do a video where you asked the ai to write you your dream book, they can do that. i tried it once and it was...interesting? but really really fun.

    • @Anoniempie_
      @Anoniempie_ Год назад +10

      Omg that sounds so fun

    • @laobozu549
      @laobozu549 Год назад +9

      I would try it if it didn't tell me the servers are full literally every time I want to try it x) aaaa

  • @user-xo3vt4qf9d
    @user-xo3vt4qf9d Год назад +76

    Leo Tolstoy is just a genius! I've read War and Peace when I was at school and after that I think you can't be the same. But Tolstoy wrote a lot of short stories and they're mesterpieces, too. So it'd be a pleasure to read his works for everyone who really likes reading and thinking.

    • @TheUltimateLegend7
      @TheUltimateLegend7 Год назад

      I keep begging all the people in my life to read him, because I finish his books and desperately want to talk to someone about what they understood from the book. So far, not a lot of succes... :'))

  • @cutecheerfreak1
    @cutecheerfreak1 Год назад +7

    I actually really enjoyed The Death of Ivan Ilyich when I read it last year and wasn’t expecting to! Also guys the book is free in audible if you want to listen instead.

  • @Laurens-corner
    @Laurens-corner Год назад +4

    Did I just see jack manifold? You know what that friendship makes sense.

  • @isisvda
    @isisvda Год назад +11

    Was that Jack Manifold? Is this real? Two completely different realities just collided?? My head is spinning I have to take a breather

  • @Mxe00.
    @Mxe00. Год назад +36

    I can see the book 'Alien From Earth' is becoming a reality soon.

  • @ashleyblinstrub2054
    @ashleyblinstrub2054 Год назад +5

    If Tolstoy is tempting you I recommend going with Anna Karenina!

  • @EmpressVes
    @EmpressVes Год назад +7

    Okay, spooky. I was just looking at that Tolstoy story because the film Living just came out in my area. The screenplay is by Kazuo Ishiguro and it's an adaptation of a 1952 Kurosawa film, which was inspired by that short story. So, I guess I have to read that AND see the film.

  • @claraspearinbelloch6907
    @claraspearinbelloch6907 Год назад +7

    The death of Ivan Ilych is one of my favourite books. I read it 3 years ago and I absolutely LOVED it. I'm always recommending it

  • @sonyakate3436
    @sonyakate3436 Год назад +7

    excuse me was that Jordan Theresa?!?!?! because that’s the crossover event I NEED

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  • @lego_gem7172
    @lego_gem7172 Год назад +18

    Hi Jack, just wanted to say that i absolutely love your videos! I actually have ocd and one of the things I find hard is reading but your videos really motivate and make me fall in love with reading so just wanted to say thanks! I hope you enjoy your time in Spain. Thanks for all your videos ❤😊

  • @annaroubic
    @annaroubic Год назад +4

    i am so sorry, but why is jack manifold in my booktube video, i have two different youtube accounts SPECIFICALLY to separate these two worlds, why did they just collide in front of my eyes wtf

  • @tracinha6935
    @tracinha6935 Год назад +6

    Omg Jordan Theresa???? The crossover I didn’t know I needed??

  • @everythingvirgoes
    @everythingvirgoes Год назад +9

    this needs to be a series i beg

  • @tiffanyvantine3322
    @tiffanyvantine3322 Год назад +5

    I loved this idea! The number of things you can do with chat bot is worrisome and remarkable. I watched a video recently where someone had AI create a workout routine for them, and it was very similar to what that’d normally choose to do for themselves. And I’m finishing a series of short stories right now where one of the characters was revealed to be AI; so similar but even more advanced.
    As far as Tolstoy goes, I’m currently listening to War and Peace as an audio book. It is 61 hours. There are a million characters to keep track of. I’m almost halfway through. I’m not sure it meets the Jack Edwards standard of “make you cry and feel all the things”, but I am glad I’m listening to it. If nothing else, I’ll get to say I “read” it, which a lot of people never do. And I feel like I’ve learned a lot about Russian nobility in the Napoleonic times.
    Keep up the great work as always.😊

  • @babetteateoatmeal7854
    @babetteateoatmeal7854 Год назад +5

    the scream i scrumpt when jordan theresa showed up

  • @sota2729
    @sota2729 Год назад +2

    I'm happy you liked The Death of Ivan Ilyich, it's one of my favorite short stories. Tolstoy is really great in short format. Other great ones are Father Sergius, Hadji Murat and The Kreutzer Sonata.

  • @brooklynjack7595
    @brooklynjack7595 Год назад +1

    "a new bombshell enters the villa" the love island quotes are amazing

  • @kevanmcdougallmph
    @kevanmcdougallmph Год назад +3

    I hope you know just how charismatic and wonderful you are :) Your videos and enthusiasm for literature got me back into reading

  • @TheLiar88
    @TheLiar88 Год назад +2

    This inspired me to try my own. I gave it a prompt for horror novel with a love story. “The Phantom of the Opera” is an all-time fav and I recently enjoyed “Certain Dark Things” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. It recommended “The Historian” by Elizabeth Kostova and “The Name of the Star” by Maureen Johnson. There is a couple of others though too.

  • @henitinker8808
    @henitinker8808 Год назад +4

    I've read both of these books and would highly recommend them. That introduction to Tolstoy also made me want to give some of his longer works a go.

  • @microwavv
    @microwavv Год назад

    your reviews and descriptions are honestly so thorough and poetic and i feel like you constantly do the books justice in a way that gets ME to want to read them ☺️ thank you !!

  • @heiditheowl2277
    @heiditheowl2277 Год назад +5

    this idea is brilliant and now i want every booktuber to do this. i also tried it and the recommendations were top-notch!

  • @sophiealka3431
    @sophiealka3431 Год назад +6

    Also SO impressed the AI recommended The Argonauts. I feel like it's such a little known and complex book but so zeitgeisty and brilliant

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  • @asteriareads
    @asteriareads Год назад +16

    If you're considering a longer work of Tolstoy's I highly recommend Anna Karenina!! It's ✨gorgeous and depressing✨and very accessible :) I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it and have been eyeing War and Peace since 👀 The Argonauts is on my list as well

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  • @SingingMagick
    @SingingMagick Год назад +1

    I read War and Peace in 2021, it has ended up being one of my favorite books that I read that year. It took me exactly 4 months, I went really slow so I didn't get overwhelmed. Highly recommend. (Get the Pevear/Volokhonsky translation)

  • @so_far_away
    @so_far_away Год назад +5

    Woah adding both of these books to my TBR right away, they sound amazing!

  • @mtlbibliophile
    @mtlbibliophile Год назад +2

    Tolstoy's DOII was my first Tolstoy and I found it so beautiful. So glad you also enjoyed it :)

  • @bookoffholicbookwart5945
    @bookoffholicbookwart5945 Год назад +3

    Do try reading war & and peace Jack. I read it last week after telling myself for years that I will not. Fell head over heels in love with that book.

  • @user-ol5uc8nx1z
    @user-ol5uc8nx1z Год назад +5

    Tolstoy's got some great very short novellas. His Hadji Murat is an absolute dimond. And the Kreutzer Sonata is a hit piece on all men and just fun for that reason (sorry).

  • @janellar4382
    @janellar4382 Год назад +6

    Jack’s sudden switch to an American accent at 12:03 unsettled me a good bit 😂

  • @SarahFoulc
    @SarahFoulc Год назад

    Chat GPT has been a great assistant in my book hauls - comparing the titles I'd be interested in and giving me proper overviews on them, and how to decide, while also adapting its suggestions based on the type of reader I was and my moods... I love it.

  • @isawhat8712
    @isawhat8712 Год назад +2

    I've been getting the itch to read War & Peace lately but I'm currently reading the 4th book in the Stormlight Archive (1200 pages) and I have Infinite Jest (1000 pages) sitting on my Kindle.

  • @casie6609
    @casie6609 Год назад +1

    2:45 What do you mean you didn't lime the Testaments 😭😭😭 It's even better than the 1st book in my opinion (besides book 1 being the foundation for everything) and the ending made me cry. I loved it being told by 3 different perspectives too. Just amazing. 💙

  • @nazhifatruly9694
    @nazhifatruly9694 Год назад +2

    the way i gasped when i saw jack manifold. what in the multiverse of madness

  • @randomperson2777
    @randomperson2777 Год назад +1

    1:00 “I live in constant fear of…”
    *whispers* “Alexa”

  • @northafricanweirdo7456
    @northafricanweirdo7456 Год назад +2

    Homeboy! When are you going to make the 'All the books I've read in 2022' video? I can't wait!

  • @ashleyyeoman9872
    @ashleyyeoman9872 Год назад +8

    not that i think you need anymore books but i just read “The Five Wounds” and “As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow” and had to recommend them to you! the first is an incredible character study, since you have an affinity for character-driven books. and the second is a digestible young adult novel that handles very important and persistent issues in the world (despite being historical) in a very accessible way.

  • @prettywornout
    @prettywornout Год назад

    omg been binge-watching your videos all day, and you upload a new video.

  • @nebulacoffee
    @nebulacoffee Год назад

    My mind is blown by the depth of these responses (almost as much as it was when I used to chat to Smarter Child as a pre-teen in the early 00s😆)! Definitely going to try this!

  • @sophiek.6215
    @sophiek.6215 Год назад +1

    Before reading War and Peace I would highly recommend reading Anna Karenina by Tolstoi first. Personally, it is my favourite work of him. To sum it up, this book contains everything you asked for in a book: beautiful and depressing.

  • @paul_razak
    @paul_razak Год назад +1

    Hey Jack, your channel helped me start reading again, so thank you. Can you suggest comedy/ happy books? Cos I'll like to take a break from these intense books. Thank you

  • @hanav1683
    @hanav1683 Год назад

    the argonauts is such a lovely memoir, I've been meaning to reread it for a while, so this might be the sign i needed

  • @nat_1500
    @nat_1500 Год назад +2

    JACK MANIFOLD IS FRIENDS WITH JACK?!?? I’m flabbergasted 😯

  • @valpal2424
    @valpal2424 Год назад +1

    Also recommend a shorter story by Tolstoy called « After the ball ». I read it in school and remember it being heartbreaking

  • @hannelinnea
    @hannelinnea Год назад +1

    the vibe of this video is just great. love this!

  • @caterina820
    @caterina820 Год назад +2

    7:59 is that jordan theresa? i swear if my two fav youtubers are friends i'm gonna pass out

  • @neivilde.1242
    @neivilde.1242 Год назад +3

    i short circuited when jordan appeared, i didn't know y'all were friends, although i feel i should've

  • @lauraelizabeth_
    @lauraelizabeth_ Год назад +2

    you said the magic words, “beautiful and depressing” *adds to cart*

  • @debraschnitzer8802
    @debraschnitzer8802 Год назад +3

    I am reading War and Peace now. Reading about 10 pages a day. It is good

  • @madi4317
    @madi4317 Год назад

    "the empathy exams" was also suggested along with the argonauts (if you reread the chat box). i guess there needs to be a sequel!

  • @NjIceTea
    @NjIceTea Год назад +9

    1. I’m really surprised you’ve never read Tolstoy! Death of II is a good place to start though.
    2. War and Peace and Anna Karenina are 100% worth reading. Quite possibly two of the greatest novels ever written. Both beautiful and depressing so check and check.

  • @em-pg7th
    @em-pg7th Год назад +3

    syd bookworrom did this video about a week ago and it was super cool too :)

  • @user-cc8oj2by8i
    @user-cc8oj2by8i Год назад

    Adding another work of Tolstoy on my TBR. Go read War and Peace, I like when people talk about that book, i had a great time reading it.

  • @maryeckles482
    @maryeckles482 Год назад +1

    For a beautifully written short underrated classic in a historic setting, try Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes!

  • @bethmw28
    @bethmw28 Год назад +2

    Syd Bookworrom did this maybe 1-2 weeks ago and got some incredibly specific recommendations! I really recommended checking her out if you liked this one but want more sass from the AI 😁

  • @xXx___xXx
    @xXx___xXx 8 месяцев назад

    you're so passionate about books! and it makes it so fun and inspiring to watch your videos ❤ love your channel

  • @Shion.U27
    @Shion.U27 Год назад +1

    Man Jack just has a way with words that makes his videos so fun to watch

  • @antzerobooks
    @antzerobooks Год назад

    i highly recommend tolstoy's book, i've only read his short collections and anna karenina, but they're really good. i want to read war and peace, but it's so long so i'll need to wait until i have the time for it

  • @haleyb1118
    @haleyb1118 Год назад +2

    thats fucking jack manifold. i really did not expect this crossover

  • @xenyac6153
    @xenyac6153 Год назад

    tolstoy's "the death of ivan ilyich" was also the first tolstoy i ever read and it genuinely changed my life, i reread it about once a year and it never stops being one of the most beautiful, devastating, and hard-hitting texts i've ever read in my life. i'm so glad you read it and enjoyed it!! (also, 'ilyich' is pronounced closer to 'il-eech' more than 'ill-ee-itch') i would definitely echo what many other comments have said here that for further tolstoy, i'd recommend starting with anna karenina before going straight to war & peace! anna karenina is a lot shorter (which is always a plus) and i think it would serve as an easier/smoother gateway -- and it's just so gosh darn good!

  • @moonlightunicorn9181
    @moonlightunicorn9181 Год назад

    Also Jack you just like me - I love the tragedy genre and if you haven’t already, I recommend you reading tragic theory - it’s super interesting. Terry Eagleton is my fave

  • @weronikashysha
    @weronikashysha Год назад +1

    I feel like we should have this video as a series, absolutely

  • @BaileeWalsh
    @BaileeWalsh Год назад

    The Death of Ivan Ilyich is the inspiration for Akira Kurosawa's film Ikiru, which was remade last year with the film Living.

  • @Cathee45
    @Cathee45 Год назад +2

    this should be a series !!

  • @AO2437.
    @AO2437. Год назад

    I’ve used this before, got to love Chat GPT! Grady Smith recommended it a while ago and I’ve loved it ever since, it's got me out of a lot of ruts and overthinking moments

  • @elumi0
    @elumi0 Год назад

    i have my advanced higher english prelim tomorrow, watching jack while doing last minute revision is the actual best.

  • @khalilahd.
    @khalilahd. Год назад +4

    “Me and the AI just need to find a middle ground with book recommendations” if this isn’t me I don’t know what Is 😂. Also please get your Alexa some therapy. She’s not sounding too good 😅

  • @tiarao5085
    @tiarao5085 Год назад +5

    jack, you need to do a 'reading my subscribers' books!!' I'm sure many people have done their own work - It would be super interesting to see!!

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  • @fenceyhen4249
    @fenceyhen4249 6 месяцев назад

    Very interesting - Tolstoy also wrote a short piece called "My Confession", which is about how at the age of 50, he had a major existential crisis and became suicidal. It explains his search for the meaning of life after that moment. If you want to see the "behind the scenes" for Death of Ivan Ilyich, that might be interesting.
    I also love Anna Karenina, although I'm not 100% sure most people would like it. I find the lead up to the Russian Revolution to be very fascinating, and I enjoy that the book surgically exposes Russian high society and also peasant life though beautiful and highly insightful writing. Tolstoy might have been able to read minds - that's the only way I can explain how he wrote such realistic thought personalities of his diverse characters

  • @pawuyah
    @pawuyah Год назад +1

    1. Read books in the language you can speak.
    2. Read books that are listed as underrated by others or AI.
    3. Join a book club and read their suggestions.
    4. Read books by artists.
    5. Pick book games and read/play them
    6. Read underrated factual books.
    7. Read manga/manhwa by tik tok suggestions.

  • @cherenakantaroski6611
    @cherenakantaroski6611 Год назад +3

    When the list came up and the overstory was at the top I was sooooo excited
    I read it last year and it completely changed me. It was so upsetting I had to stop and sit with it every once and a while. It's a long book, which normally doesn't trouble me, but it took me weeks to get through because it just honestly hurt so much and made me rethink everything.
    I want to know your thoughts on it, even though I know it's not your type

    • @hannahhhhhh
      @hannahhhhhh Год назад +1

      Yess I thought exactly the same!!

  • @Rebecca-hm6pw
    @Rebecca-hm6pw Год назад +4

    To be fair, robot books about robots make me want to cry on a fairly regular basis

  • @-inefable
    @-inefable Год назад

    YOU INSPIRED ME TO DO THE SAME OMG SO BRILLIANT
    LOVE YOUR CONTENT BECAUSE WE HAVE A SIMILAR TASTE IN BOOKS, I TRULY FIND YOUR RECS VERY USEFUL, THANK YOU