Where I Draw the Line With AI

Scroll to the bottom of any page here. The very first badge says “Written by a human, not by AI.” Yet scroll back up and you’ll find posts like “Bringing old music ideas to life” and “I am for and against AI,” where I talk openly about how much I use the technology. So which is it? Am I just a hypocritical old man, or is there actually a line between what I let AI do and what I don’t? There is a line, but first, here’s how much I lean on AI... I use it to keep track of my computers and home network. I use it to create projects and code to design tools and applications that assist me in the various functions of my life. There are other uses as well, but the end result is the same. I am able to solve a need, desire, or utility in an efficient, easy, and faster method. Things that would take me hours, days, weeks, to troubleshoot now take minutes. My local media server stops working as I sit down to watch a movie? No worries. I fire up Codex, refer it to my infrastructure document,…