On first thought this seems like its such a weird usecase for AI. However, I don’t actually think its completely useless, turning more complex books into children’s books while maintaining their lessons and ideas is pretty interesting. And that is something that LLMs can realistically also achieve, not just hype bullshit. Getting grade schoolers to read Nietzsche and them actually understanding something, is a very fun thought to me. I don’t think this will have any impact on the reading comprehension of teenagers or above. Those that can’t handle the original text, aren’t going to read the simplified one. But getting young children acquainted with “grown up” books and their topics and ideas could be a good thing. When its not just about the rabbit in the mushroom house etc. It might even encourage the parent to (re)read the book with the child together, one the original and one the simplified version. Also useful for illiterate persons learning to read, as reading children’s books can be uncomfortable for an adult.