📚 3 Books mentioned in "The Ultimate Guide to Writing with AI" of How I Write
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East of Eden
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We send it out to like 30,000 people and uh we get some emails like, "Yo, John Steinbeck never never wrote this quote in East of Eden." And I was like, it literally hallucinated the dang quote.
The speaker recounts an incident where AI hallucinated a quote and incorrectly attributed it to this book by John Steinbeck.
Robert A. Caro's The Years of Lyndon Johnson Set
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Or they'll talk about The Power Broker. That's one of my favorites. The Power Broker by Robert Carrow. It is 1,344 pages. But David, I know it's long, but I'll tell you, Robert Caro is such a good writer. He does insane research, all that sort of stuff.
The speaker mentions this book as one of his favorites, highlighting its length and the author's skill and research.
The Faith of Our Fathers: Being a Plain Exposition and Vindication of the Church Founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ
So there is the objective quality of a book. That's the first one. And this is what everybody thinks about. So we'll take a book like Gibbons, the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Okay, people tell me amazing book. They'll say the writing is is is really strong. It's been super influential. Sure, you know, maybe you got some facts wrong, but David, you got to read this book. Or they'll talk about The Power Broker.
The speaker uses this book as an example of a book with high objective quality, mentioning its author (Gibbon), strong writing, and influence.