AI Policy

What I use, what I don't, and who's accountable.

What's mine

Every framework, every claim, every strategic position on this site is mine. The thinking, the synthesis, the positioning, the contrarian takes: those are the work.

So is the editorial judgment about what to publish, what to cut, and what tone is right.

Where AI shows up

• Drafting and editing. I use Claude heavily to expand outlines into prose, find the right sentence structure, catch repetition, and ask hard questions about my own arguments.
• Research synthesis. When pulling together notes from books, transcripts, and previous essays, AI helps me find the connections faster.
• Code and infrastructure. This website is built with Claude Code. Claude writes most of the implementation; I direct the architecture and review what ships.
• Operational support. Scheduling, formatting, file management, and the boring middle of producing content.

Where AI doesn't show up

• The frameworks themselves. Names, structures, and the underlying intellectual property are mine.
• Lived experience and Catholic conviction. The faith content is mine. The personal stories are mine.
• Final judgment on what gets published. AI can draft and suggest; the publish button is mine.

Why I'm transparent about it

Two reasons, and a framework that holds them together.

The integration is the work. A core thesis of this site is that AI should be a force multiplier for human creators, not a replacement. Hiding it would contradict the message.

Trust requires it. If you read something here, you deserve to know that a real human stood behind it, even if a model helped shape the prose.

That human accountability is not optional. Antiqua et Nova, the Vatican's 2025 note on artificial intelligence and human intelligence, is clear: "It is important that ultimate responsibility for decisions made using AI rests with the human decision-makers and that there is accountability for the use of AI at each stage of the decision-making process."

I take that seriously. Everything on this site that involved AI was directed, reviewed, and approved by me. I am responsible for it. If something here is wrong, that is on me, not the model.

The same document names the standard I am trying to hold: "The intrinsic dignity of every man and every woman must be the key criterion in evaluating emerging technologies." (Antiqua et Nova, §42)

AI extends what I can do as a person. It does not replace what only a person can do: the judgment, the conviction, the lived experience, the irreducible heart-to-heart of human communication. The unique contribution I bring to this work is mine, and no model produces it.

What I won't do

If a piece on this site doesn't feel like it's mine, that's a bug, not the goal.

• Publish AI-generated content as if a human wrote it line-by-line
• Use AI to fake credentials, testimonials, or quotations
• Generate images of real people (including myself) in scenarios that didn't happen
• Use AI to mass-produce low-effort content for SEO or volume

Questions or comments? Contact me.