This was 2024 — early days of AI as a writing partner. The process was: I’d draft or dictate a section, the AI would help me tighten it, I’d push back where it had softened something too far, and we’d go around again. Some chapters I rewrote five or six times.
The AI wasn’t coming up with the opinions. It was helping me say what I already thought, more concisely. If you read the book and feel like you’re hearing a voice, that’s why — the voice is mine; the editing just made it less rambling.
If you can’t stand the idea of any AI involvement in a book you read, I’d skip this one and read Walling or Kahl instead. If you’re a developer who’s used Copilot, you’ll recognize the workflow.
