My Artificial Intelligence Use Policy

Have you browsed to a news or other type of article and wondered, “Was this written by a human or AI?”

I ask this question to myself all the time, and I suspect you do as well. Most articles I read these days are for technical information of some kind. And many if not most of those articles have that underlying “ChatGPT feel” to them, likely without even the slightest of human editing.

They are normally attributed to a real human author, with no practical way to know for sure. It is frustrating, because as everyone should be aware of by now, though Generative AI is powerful, you simply cannot trust prompt-generated output that has not been rigorously reviewed by a human in a proper editorial context.

I have pondered this conundrum for months, for which I attribute, if only in part, to my lack of posting new articles. Is there any need for niche blog writing anymore, when most answers are potentially available via ChatGPT and its LLM cousins?

Yes, there is still value for humans to write, and to post online. For if it presumed that creativity must inevitably be ceded to the machines, it would be one of the greatest losses in the history of human progress and enlightenment.

Last year, I wrote an article relaying my displeasure with AI at the time. As I wrote then, the sentiment was largely attributed to my experience setting up a chatbot for my WordPress site. Since then, I have learned quite a bit more about Generative AI, focusing much of my technical attention towards harnessing its power both in my job as well as for my personal use (e.g. in setting up a new PC and installing a Linux distro).

When it comes to writing and my blog, my initial approach was to limit AI content. But I can see now, the power of Generative AI and the value it can bring to a website like mine must not be dismissed.

I cannot change the world, but I can control my own website and blog. And so I have decided to implement an “AI Use Policy” as described herein. My goal with this policy is to explicitly state for my readers how to identify if content on my website was:

• Fully written by a human (me), or
• A collaboration between human and Generative AI, or
• Fully or near fully written by Generative AI

This policy is hopefully simpler that I explain, and I am only being verbose to make it both official and as a reference guide. But it is also important enough that I have added a link to it on the website’s main address bar.

Articles Written by Me

When I or future human authors write an article without the assistance of Generative AI, the article will be attributed to that person only. The “Author” info of the article will be just that – the name of the person who wrote it.

• Author Byline at Top: Human (primary author)
• Author Bio Section at Bottom: Human(s)

Articles in Collaboration with Generative AI

When I write an article with assistance of AI, a “second author” will be listed on the article. This “author” is Cassio-PEIA, my Personalized Editorial Information Assistant, or simply, my AI avatar.

It was actually Google’s Gemini that came up with this name and acronym. I wrote a prompt asking for name suggestions for my blog’s AI avatar, and asked the AI to consider content related to my blog when creating the name, such as astronomy and the names of constellations. I thought “Cassio-PEIA” was wonderful in this regard, especially since I already created the Cassie character as my blog’s AI chatbot.

If a human primarily writes an article with notable contributions from Generative AI, then:

• Author Byline at Top: Human (primary author)
• Author Bio Section at Bottom: Human(s), Cassio-PEIA

If AI is primarily responsible for an article and I contributed (outside of basic editing), then:

• Author Byline at Top: Cassio-PEIA
• Author Bio Section at Bottom: Cassio-PEIA, Human(s)

Articles Written by Generative AI

If an article on my website was created by Generative AI, outside of my review in an editor role, then the article will be attributed exclusively to Cassio-PEIA.

• Author Byline at Top: Cassio-PEIA
• Author Bio Section at Bottom: Cassio-PEIA

Conclusion

Article Intelligence and Generative AI in particular is rapidly evolving, so I may adjust or change this policy as posted at any time to address emerging conditions.

This article was fully written by me, a human.