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+# Project Checkpoint: Mo Gawdat - "Alive" Book Archive
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+## Overview
+- **Title:** Alive: A Human’s Guide to Living in the World of AI
+- **Author:** Mo Gawdat (co-authored with AI persona "Trixie")
+- **Status:** Scraped 20 existing Substack posts/chapters and initiated local audio conversion.
+
+## Local Library (`knowledge/projects/alive-book/`)
+- All 20 current public posts saved as `.txt` files.
+- Ordered by release date (Apr 1, 2025 – Aug 2, 2025).
+- Total word count: ~63,000 words (~7 hours of audio).
+
+## Audio Progress (`audio/alive-book/`)
+- **Voice Model:** Piper "Lessac" (High-quality, expressive).
+- **Completed:** 
+  - `01_is-ai-conscious.wav` (Uploaded to Nextcloud: `Soren/audio-books/`).
+- **Next Steps:**
+  - Verify audio quality with Michael.
+  - If approved, batch convert remaining 19 chapters in order.
+
+## Feed Integration
+- Added to `blogwatcher` as "Mo Gawdat (Alive)" to track new weekly releases.
+
+*Checkpoint Date: 2026-04-21 05:51*