I used AI to build a chronology of my life and ancestry. 9,200 entries.

She used AI to create a chronology of her life and her ancestry with about 9,200 entries. She says she can base a memoir, a biography, or a family tree on it, and that the AI is good at coordinating the data even if it cannot write the book.

How it works

Gives the AI her life and ancestry material
The AI orders it into a chronology
The chronology grows to about 9,200 entries

Why it’s worth knowing

A lifetime and a family tree, 9,200 entries, sorted into one timeline a person can actually write from.

Where it’s from

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

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