Artificial Intelligence & Automation

Exploring the practical applications of generative AI, prompt engineering, and workflow automation. From custom Google Apps Scripts to building proprietary LLM tools, these are my field notes on leveraging AI to scale operations and digital publishing.

Is Bigger Better? Thirty-Seven AI Novels Say No

Is Bigger Better? Thirty-Seven AI Novels Say No
I generated the same 90,000-word novel 37 times across eight local AI models and three graphics cards, to find out which combination actually works on hardware you already own. Both halves of "bigger is better" turned out to be wrong — and the biggest improvement I fo...
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Is AI Turning Books Into Open Source?

Is AI Turning Books Into Open Source?
I'm writing this from my raised-bed garden in West Lafayette, thinking about AI, copyright, and what happens to book publishing when the cost of writing a novel approaches zero. Are AI-generated books going the way of open-source software? Will marketing matter more tha...
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Can AI Write a Book?

Can AI Write a Book?
Can a local AI model actually write a novel—and can it do it on hardware normal people already own? I’m benchmarking AI book generation across older GPUs, measuring speed, repetition, memory use, editing burden, and the surprisingly tiny cost of generating a 90,000-...
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I Accidentally Predicted My AI Novel Two Years Ago

I Accidentally Predicted My AI Novel Two Years Ago
In 2024, I used AI to create personalized affirmations and self-discovery books. Almost exactly two years later, I used a local LLM to generate a 126,743-word novel inspired by that same project. Here is what changed in my AI creative workflow, and what didn't.
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