I worked for a few months training an LLM. I hate that I did it, but I don't hate why I did it - my family had to survive. I also actively sabotaged the AI whenever I could without getting caught, and I was an anonymous source for an exposé.

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Interview key: pronounce their name right, especially if there are, I dunno, a million examples out there of how to do so?

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Asking someone how well their book is selling is so tacky. Especially if you don't know them.

Do you ask people you barely know what their current salary is? No? Then keep your nosy ass out of it.

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Got offered an author event once...

"We're excited to invite you!...the tentative plan is..." Fine. I'm invited, the plans can change, right? Got psyched.

Follow up from a CC:
"BTW, this is invite is tentative."

Word/idea order counts. I guess that's why I'm the writer.

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"Hey, have you written other books?"

My real name's easy to Google. The only author with that name.

I wouldn't give anyone shit for this, or for most of the stuff that bugs me, but if I did that to my interviewees I wouldn't have all these books.

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I interviewed someone for one of my books and he continues to email me asking for a free copy of the book, after asking in person at a BOOK EVENT. You know...the place where people are supposed to buy books to support you?

The kicker? Dude grew up VERY rich.
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