# Project Checkpoint: Mo Gawdat - "Alive" Book Archive

## 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*