From fd674539a05a3ed748a1b26300926166f38ee553 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Perry Kivolowitz Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 02:35:23 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add authorship note disclosing AI-assisted revisions New subsection "A Note on Authorship and AI Assistance" at the end of "About The Author" states that as of 19 April 2026 the author has begun using an AI assistant as a writing and editing aid on this book, and that all material preceding that date was produced unaided. Points the reader at git history and the scripts/ and .github/ tooling landed around the same time as the durable markers for distinguishing AI-assisted from unaided work going forward. Placement rationale: "About The Author" is already the section carrying author-identity and first-person voice, so the disclosure lives where a reader with any interest in authorship provenance naturally scrolls. The alternative (a Front Matter subsection) was considered and rejected as tonally too heavy for a note that exists mainly to answer a future question, not to front-load caveats ahead of the book's self-description. No test coverage applies; this is prose. --- README.md | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 950c866..03a199e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ into a terminal and follow directions. Note that `gdb` is replaced by Then you'll need your favorite editor. We ourselves use `vi` for quick edits and Visual Studio Code for any heavy lifting. -### How to build an assembly language +### How to build an assembly language program We use `gcc`, the C "compiler". `g++` could also be used. On the Mac, `clang` can also be used. @@ -386,6 +386,15 @@ ISAs (in chronological order): This work is dedicated to my wife Sara and sons Ian and Evan. +### A Note on Authorship and AI Assistance + +As of 19 April 2026, Perry has begun using Claude (Anthropic's AI +assistant) as a writing and editing aid on this book. All material +preceding that date was produced by the author unaided. Ongoing +AI-assisted changes are identifiable in the git history by commit +date and by the supporting tooling introduced in [`scripts/`](./scripts/) +and [`.github/`](./.github/) around that time. + ### Gratuitous Plugs Perry has created a library of about 200 programming projects suitable