Robert W. Gehl on Nostr: I know these days generative AI can just pump out thousands of words, but for a ...
I know these days generative AI can just pump out thousands of words, but for a human, it takes a lot more work. This is a tiny window into the process of writing a book: 15GB of data, 22K files, built up over 4 years, and probably over a million words of drafting and notes went into writing Move Slowly and Build Bridges.
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