Statement on AI

[Living with Machines exhibition photo from the British Library]After Ethan wrote his statement about using AI I thought “Hey that is a good idea, I should do that.” I don’t use AI on this blog (or any of my writing) to the best of my knowledge. I know other people use AI for various reasons and this is not me picking a fight with them; this is me talking about my process. I acknowledge that I probably don’t know every single AI-using aspect of the tools that I use. However, when I detect them, I avoid them. I like to write, I like to type, and I can’t imagine wanting that process to be different. This is up to and including: My content management system. I use WordPress’s Classic editor and just type the HTML into the box. Spell checker or “help me write this” tools, though I do use Firefox’s “wiggly underline” to help make sure I’ve got things spelled right Speaking of Firefox, I’ve taken advantage of their “block AI enhancements” option. You can too. My laptop computer has Apple…