Influencer's 'Unassisted' Book: AI Wrote the Authenticity Chapter

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What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: The New York Times.

1. Gloria VanceThe New York Times reviews Wildwood, the new stop-motion film from Laika, as a magical adventure.

2. Gloria VanceTime Out calls it the perfect handmade antidote to AI, and gives it five out of five.

3. Priya VanderslootI love that. Handmade is everything to me. Everything I do is made by hand, mostly mine.

4. Gloria VanceLaika says it hand-molded seven hundred twenty-eight trees and used more than seven hundred fifteen miles of brass wire.

5. Priya VanderslootSeven hundred twenty-eight trees. Wow. That's more than I've touched this year, and I live in a forest-themed apartment.

6. Gloria VanceAnd Laika says it 3D-printed one hundred forty-two thousand different face models. Is that handmade?

7. Priya VanderslootLet me just check how I feel about that. Printed with love, which is a kind of hand.

8. Gloria VanceTell us about your new project.

9. Priya VanderslootIt's a book called Unfiltered, Unplugged, Unassisted. It's a guide to living completely in your own voice. Eleven chapters, all mine.

10. Gloria VanceWho wrote it?

11. Priya VanderslootI did. With some structural input from my vibe assistant. It helped with the verbs.

12. Gloria VanceThe verbs.

13. Priya VanderslootAnd the nouns, and the feelings. It wrote the chapter on authenticity. It's the best one.

14. Gloria VanceIs that the tea cozy you said you knitted yourself? It still has a price tag on it.

15. Priya VanderslootI knitted the tag. It's a very detailed tag. Next question.

16. Gloria VanceThen a confession, please. Is there anything you posted this year that you actually felt?

17. Priya VanderslootOnce. It was a sunset. I asked the assistant how it made me feel, and we cried together.

18. Gloria VanceLightning round. Production on Wildwood took one thousand one hundred fifty-five days. Could you wait that long for a caption?

19. Priya VanderslootNo. Mine takes four seconds, and I still think that's long.

20. Gloria VanceLast question. Richard E. Grant voices a giant bird named Owl Rex. Would your assistant play him?

21. Priya VanderslootAbsolutely. It's already auditioned. Unassisted is out Tuesday, and the assistant wrote this plug too.

22. Gloria VanceFinal rating: five out of five on Wildwood, which matches Time Out's review. Priya, your assessment?

23. Priya VanderslootFive out of five. My assistant says it's flattered that you asked me.