Transcript: 'How Every Builds a Writing Team in the Age of AI'

The transcript of AI & I with Every editor in chief Kate Lee is below. Watch on X or YouTube, or listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

Timestamps

1. Introduction and Kate’s early career as a literary agent: 00:01:00
2. From book publishing to tech—Medium, WeWork, and Stripe Press: 00:04:45
3. How Kate joined Every and what made the role click: 00:12:00
4. What it’s like to be a knowledge worker at the frontier of AI: 00:27:00
5. The ‘aha’ moment: using AI to manage hundreds of applicants: 00:31:00
6. How Every’s editorial team uses AI to enforce standards and train taste: 00:36:24
7. Publishing two reviews of major model releases on the same day: 00:45:06
8. What automating copy editing requires: 00:51:39

Transcript

Dan

Kate, welcome to the show.

Kate

Thank you. Thanks for having me.