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AI Transparency Statement

Draft disclosure for inclusion in the book's foreword or acknowledgments.

Context

This book was written with extensive use of AI tools, specifically Claude (Anthropic). Publishing standards (Elsevier, Sage, Wiley) prohibit listing AI as a co-author, but encourage transparent disclosure. This follows the approach praised when author Reid Southen published an AI transparency statement -- building trust rather than undermining it.

For a book about building AI-first companies, transparent AI use is a feature, not a bug.

Draft Statement (for Foreword)

"Let me be transparent about how this book was made. I used Claude (Anthropic's AI) extensively throughout the writing process -- for drafting, structuring arguments, refining examples, and editing. The ideas, frameworks, and 20+ years of banking experience are mine. The efficient transformation of those ideas into coherent prose? That was a human-AI collaboration.

If you're going to build an AI-first company, you need to actually use AI first. This book is proof of concept."

Draft Statement (for Acknowledgments)

"Claude (Anthropic) was used for drafting, editing, and content refinement throughout this manuscript."

References

  • Source research: book-ai-first-company/research/forward/answers/perplexit_co_authored.md
  • Elsevier, Sage, Wiley AI authorship policies
  • Reid Southen's AI transparency statement approach (The Guardian, Apr 2024)