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The AI built him a strict editing app, and he used it on the document he is writing

Used the AI to build an omit needless words app and used it to edit a document he is working on, accepting about a third of its suggestions.

How it works

  1. The AI builds the editing app
  2. He runs his document through it
  3. Reviews the suggestions
  4. Accepts about a third of them

Why it’s worth knowing

He did not just build the editor, he trusted it with his own draft the same day.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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