Tim Ferriss won't let AI write his next book: 'If I do that, I'm done'
therealdanvega · x · 2026-10-15
Tim Ferriss says he won't let AI write his next book — 'If I do that, I'm done' — treating the writing itself as the skill he keeps in his head while using AI for everything around it.
Developer advocate Dan Vega draws the parallel for programmers: deliberately pick the skills you want to retain and do those by hand; hand off the rest to AI.
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