You and I are talking about totally different things.

I'm talking about general overviews of topics, where a good book form at the level you're looking for often doesn't even exist.

You're talking about a classic book that is recognized as a great work.

Nobody's claiming that what ChatGPT outputs is Cosmos. And most books written by people aren't Cosmos either.

And most of the time when you want a basic factual introduction to a field that is at your level, neither too popular nor too technical, ChatGPT is really good at providing that.

Not everything has to be Cosmos.