I had Claude Code do this. It made 80 volumes that contain the weights for GTP-1 & a guide for doing inference by hand. I had it launch an online store that I think works, with a limited run of 20 of Volume 1 sold at cost in the US (but at your own risk)
Ethan Mollick
Ethan MollickJul 3, 2025
Product idea for OpenAI (I know a lot of you follow me): an entirely paper-based LLM. Just 780 volumes and only 30 person years to do the math for the first token using the paper version of GPT-1 Give the weights actual weight. Plus an excellent setup for science fiction stories
Each cover visualizes the weights inside of it. Here's the PDF of Volume 1 if you just want to download: Also it is amazing that a year ago, I had no way to make this happen without taking tons of time, now I did it in the background during an evening.
@bygregorr Also, I don't really care about selling this - I thought it was interesting to try. Just download the PDF
Its a page turner
@isitallart Looks like Feb 16 shipping.
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