I Don’t Need A.I.

Unless everyone’s mind is controlled by the N.S.A. and their military-grade A.I.—and, anecdotally, from my experience, I believe this is true (though the N.S.A. also humorously stands for Never Say Anything, so I will try not to broach this topic again)—this blog will never use A.I. for the writing or ideas. However, using A.I. in some form is sometimes unavoidable, since Google now uses A.I. when doing basic searches. But I will still not use A.I. for the writing or the generation of ideas for this blog.

The reasons are twofold: It’s dishonest, and I don’t need it. It’s self-explanatory why it’s dishonest. I don’t need it because I taught myself how to write in high school by reading Newsweek cover to cover each week, reading books on grammar, and studying for the ACT. I worked hard to teach myself how to write, and I’m proud of myself for it. I’m not about to relegate my writing to the whims of chatbots that, from my cursory understanding, are programmed to produce vapid content, shoddy writing, and telltale signs of their use.

I got the idea for this post from an article The New York Times published titled “I Teach Creative Writing. This Is What A.I. Is Doing to Students.” The author, a professor at Yale University, talked about what she’s learned about ChatGPT, the most ubiquitous chatbot, which was released in 2022. I have never used ChatGPT or any other chatbot (unless Google counts), and I hope to keep it this way.

I want visitors of this site to know that all the content is original, with every word a product of my imagination, which is then converted to text and mulled over repeatedly during the editing process. I don’t need or want A.I.—unless all of our minds are controlled by the N.S.A. I think this is the case, but I will Never Say Anything and will try not to broach this topic again.