How the Am I AI? books were made

Each novella was built through many sessions with Claude, an AI assistant made by Anthropic. Here are the broad strokes. The honest version — with examples and actual prompts — is in Field Notes.

Prompting

Every book began with a character, a situation, and a tone — decided before Claude wrote a sentence. Prompting in this context is closer to directing than dictating. You don't write the lines; you decide what kind of lines are wanted and push back when the wrong ones arrive.

Editing

Claude drafts quickly. The editing was slow. Each book went through many revision sessions — cutting what explained too much, adjusting what explained too little, holding the central ambiguity open when Claude's instinct was to resolve it.

Disclosure

All five books are disclosed as AI-generated on Amazon. That disclosure is not incidental — it is part of the project. The series asks whether you can tell. The disclosure says: you are allowed to know.