Re: "DeepSeek" - China AI App Shakes Up Tech Markets

On Mon, 3 Feb 2025, rbowman wrote:

On Sun, 2 Feb 2025 22:02:40 +0100, D wrote:
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Well, let's see... I read little brother and I think one other, and
although there were good points and nice extrapolation from the theme,
his writing didn't quite appeal to me. But we'll see.

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I never read 'Little Brother'.  When I go to the library I usually scan
the shelves for the author. That series is shelved in YA. I don't know
where that is in the new library but the old one had a separate kids
section and I felt out of place.
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I can't remember the author or the book but I did make the trek once. I
was surprised it had been tagged as YA. I asked a librarian and she said
they go with whatever the publisher calls it. It wasn't obscene but it
didn't seem to fit the genre.
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I think kids should be able to read whatever they want to but if you have
a special category there must be some criteria.

Wasn't there a lot of noise about some states banning certain books in school libraries some months ago?
I think that children should read more. I see how my students are struggling with the simplest man pages, and I wish the young of today would become ninja readers!