I asked the AI to find my old talks. My site now lists 115 presentations.

His talk archive site had been a work in progress for years. He asked the AI to help track down records of talks he has given, and the site now contains 115 presentations covering 26 years.

How it works

Asks the AI to help track down records of talks he has given
The records are found
His talk archive site now contains 115 presentations

Why it’s worth knowing

He had been trying to finish this archive for years. One ask to the AI turned up talk records across 26 years and the site now lists 115 presentations.

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Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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