Cassidy Williams is a tech blogger I’ve followed for years. Recently, she wrote about her views on AI Usage, which I find exceptionally relevant right now. She references the “AI Manifesto” by Damola Morenikeji. Damola suggests creating an /AI section on your page, which I think I’ll do soon. But I’m just starting the exploration now.
I believe the transparency around our respective use of AI is critical. Being able to trust what you see is becoming harder.
Me? I’ve used AI as something of an editor for this site, and have explored using it to create pages. I’ve never been 100% satisfied with what Gemini or ChatGPT has created, but I will say it’s carved my workflows significantly. I don’t envision ever wholly turning things over to AI, and see the possibility of adopting Cassidy’s attitude of “Everything on this website is written by me, personally, not an AI.” This quote she shared really gives me pause: “If you couldn’t be bothered to write something, I won’t be bothered to read it”. Yeah, I feel that. I know there’s a reason it’s called “AI slop” and the last thing I want to do is contribute to the enshittification of the internet.
So, have you created a “Slash AI” page? If so, have you shared it to this list (https://slashai.page/)? If not, but you want to, submit it here. Are you planning on it? Let me know! I’m intensely curious.
Thank you for this. I immediately went to my blog page and added a statement that everything is written by me (except for guest articles/re-blogged.)
Yes, it’s an important statement, which you would expect a © to imply but probably doesn’t.
©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©
Hmmm…can we copyright work that “we” created with AI?
I shied away from AI composition on moral grounds early on. I do use it carefully for research and will begin to acknowledge that as of now, and perhaps it will include an E&OE !!!!
Done