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Johnson describes working as a non-fiction author and how AI-powered tools like Notebook LM can dramatically accelerate the writing process. For example, in researching a historical timeline spanning decades with many moving pieces, traditional methods can take hours or even days. However, with AI assistance, managing and sequencing data becomes fast and efficient.
He shares a personal use case: digitizing and organizing handwritten French letters from the 1780s. These raw scans, which require understanding French handwriting and contextualizing dates, can be processed into chronological summaries in seconds, significantly reducing tedious research time.