I don't publish content on this website that was prepared by AI tools or LLMs and pass it off as my own.
Like many people these days, especially those of us in the tech sphere, I use AI tools daily for many mundane and repetitive tasks, primarily summarising content and helping with research.
Even web search has been somewhat replaced by AI tools for me. This is something I resisted for a long time because (humblebrag) I'm pretty good at searching. However the ability to quickly cut through the SEO crap and refine or iterate on searches has just become much faster and less frustrating for me. And yes, I double check anything even remotely important.
When it comes to this blog, I don't have LLMs write for me. Just like Derek Sivers I often ask LLMs to help me with the things I'd otherwise ask somebody next to me: What are examples of xyz? Where did abc come from? Who first uttered the phrase "Well when events change, I change my mind. What do you do?"? (nope, still not sure on that one). Just like a web search, the output informs my thinking and my words flow out of my fingers just like the good old days.
I do use Claude and ChatGPT to quickly identify themes, help with proofreading, and sometimes help with sequencing of content.
I've used Claude Code and OpenAI Codex to help implement shell scripts and CSS styling to streamline my blog publishing. I've also built toy projects using these tools, but nothing that has been published.
This might change in the future, and I'll update this page when that day comes. I might even get an AI tool to do that update.
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This page was inspired by Derek Sivers.