AI children's encyclopedias turn into body horror, tested with an Amazon bestseller

AI children's books, body horror edition

lcamtuf bought a mid-2026 AI-generated children's encyclopedia that was an Amazon #1 bestseller. The illustrations are full of body horror: extra-limbed cats, fused animal-tree masses, and distorted human reflections. He argues these books sell because buyers don't read them, covers fool gift-givers, and there's no IP risk. The post doesn't assess factual errors in the text, but the images alone are alarming.

Why it matters: lcamtuf bought a #1 Amazon category AI kids' book and documented the body-horror illustrations firsthand. Concrete examples, sales-mechanism analysis, not just hand-waving about "AI quality." Docked because it doesn't check factual errors in the text and is a personal blog pos...