What I Learned Writing a Book About Generative AI Using Generative AI
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A developer describes writing a book about generative AI with the help of generative-AI tools, covering ethical dilemmas, cognitive challenges, and practical insights that arose from co-authoring with AI. The talk explains why the process took ten times longer but yielded far greater learning, shows how terminology was handled, and presents practical recommendations for using generative AI in programming, education, and other domains.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Book and AI intro
- 3:00Starting the book
- 8:42Writing LaTeX with AI
- 12:11AI in publishing
- 15:00Content scandals
- 17:28Genre experiments
- 21:24Authorship problems
- 23:35AI for book covers
- 26:04Legal aspects
- 27:26AI model comparisons
- 31:01LLM progress
- 34:14AI in coding
- 35:39Model IQ tests
- 36:22AI agents
- 38:08AI research
- 39:55Perplexity Labs
- 42:04AI side effects
- 43:29Conclusion
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