A friend used AI to auto-write a course textbook from lecture slides — and it was 'not bad'
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-09-08
The author shares the syllabus for his Progress course, promising public access to slides and a course AI. Notably, a friend used AI to generate an entire course textbook from his lecture slides, and the result was surprisingly decent. His human-written book on How Progress Really Works is also coming soon.
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