AI writing assistance
Whatever it is you're reading from my hand, if it's published by me then I take full responsibility for each and every word. I may have been aided and abetted in my writing by an artificial intelligence, but that's frankly none of your business. Nor should it be. Here's why.
pop-art image of an AI writing assistant".I invariably use a word processor to put my thoughts to paper.
This is exceedingly unlikely to be Microsoft Word. It's usually something simple—a code or markdown editor. Proton Docs for example. Sometimes it's the Notepad du jour. Rarely it's an application that emphasizes processing over words—LibreOffice Writer for example—but I prefer to stay away from those.
I refuse to use quill to write my writings. No geese were harmed in the process.
Never before have I made a statement about the word processors, the tools I use to put my thoughts to paper. So why start now?
Because these days an awful lot of people close their public writings with statements to the effect of "no artificial intelligence was harmed in the writing of this essay", or "an independent evaluator ensured that collaboration on this epistle happened with the full consent of the AI writing assistant and to the highest ethical standards".
It seems to me that LLM—or "Large Language Model"—is just a fancy, 21st century synonym for "word processor". That's what an LLM does, right? It processes words.
I do know how to squeeze every possible character out of my keyboard. I certainly don't need an AI for that.
So I ask again, why start now?
I may or may not have used a large language model, an artificial intelligence in the writing of my publications. So long as I take full responsibility for each and every word I put out, it's frankly none of your business. It doesn't matter if I used ChatGPT, Mistral or DeepSeek, LibreOffice Writer, Proton Docs or Notepad, a computer, typewriter or pen and paper.
The only thing you need to know is that I refuse to use quill to write my writings, and that no geese were harmed in the process.
Oh, and every use of the em-dash is fully of my own accord. Unlike you, I do know how to squeeze every possible character out of my keyboard. I certainly don't need an AI for that.
