All written content on this blog has been thought out, written, and reviewed by a human being

I operate on the principle (like Cassidy Williams) that if I don’t take the time to write the content of this blog myself, you shouldn’t take the time to read it.

It’s imperfect (in typos, errors, awkward phrasing) because it’s human, which makes it authentic and alive.

The only small exception I allow myself: when I translate articles that I’ve previously written (by myself, without LLMs) in one language (French or English) and want to make a version in the other. In that case, I sometimes use an LLM to speed up the translation of certain paragraphs (but I often end up rewriting them anyway 🙃).

For non-written content, it’s more complicated

Finding beautiful and relevant illustrations is often complex, especially to be sure they’re copyright-free. I say this because several amateur bloggers have been taken advantage of by scammers assisted by unscrupulous lawyers in the past.

While I generally try to create my own illustrations (screenshots, montages of software logos I’m testing, homemade diagrams, sometimes even my own drawings), I have occasionally used GenAI tools to generate illustration images to save time.

Aware of the ethical issues towards artists, I commit to restricting this use to a minimum in the future.

Are LLMs / GenAI tools bad?

I don’t wish to say that LLMs / GenAI tools are a bad thing, nor that I don’t use them. I use them to learn, to assist me in my daily life. However, what I wish to convey through this blog, I want it to come from me.

Inspiration

Note: this page is inspired by an idea from Damola Morenikeji (www.bydamo.la/p/ai-manifesto), which I discovered via Cassidy Williams (through this post bsky.app/profile/cassidoo.co/post/3l7aqai5vsg2w)