Updated: July 4, 2024 🎆🗽
“Please note that I wrote this policy myself. If you want to copy it, please credit this page. But be mindful that Google does not like duplicate content. I recommend using my policy as a framework for your own words. I am not a legal expert, and this policy does not in any way constitute legal advice.” {https://calmbusiness.com/ai-policy; “Kerstin and her team advocate and practice inclusivity, kindness, and integrity. As a Calm Business, we love human speed and genuine content while embracing and utilizing technology to improve and streamline our processes.”]
I, TBoan, inspired of and motivated by… have based this page upon the “AI Policy” of… calmbusiness.com, with changes.
GenAI (Generative Artificial Intelligence, GenAI, or GAI) is “artificial intelligence capable of generating text, images, videos, or other data using generative models, often in response to prompts. Generative AI models learn the patterns and structure of their input training data and then generate new data that has similar characteristics.” {https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generative_artificial_intelligence]
The internet is changing fast. With the advent of more tools than we can shake a stick at being presented to us on the web every day, it is sometimes difficult to know what tools are best for our individual business and personal use. That said, underlying technologies such as blockchains and AIs are not going away. They are like branches on a tree that more fully enable us to express our individual visions for our own and others’ futures. All that, of course, depends upon learning about these technologies and how they are most effectively used to further our lives. My strong personal standpoint and opinion is… tools should be used to enhance human creative productivity, not replace it.
Regarding the debate whether AI should be used or avoided, there are several factors to consider:
- Are you interested in its use solely as a tool to enhance and/or speed the production of innovative intellectual efforts… or to make up for a lack of them?
- There was a time when photographs could not be copyrighted for the same reasons argued by those who these days advocate keeping AI produced works in the public domain. There are other arguments than that it is merely a tool, like a camera, including the material AI is “trained” on is under copyright… but then again, so are many things in the world being photographed and copyrighted everyday.
- κτλ (καὶ τὰ λοιπά {Kai Ta Liopa}, Greek, predates Latin etc {et cetera})
How and when I use GenAI
- All my writing is my voice written down. I do not use GenAI to write for me.
- I do use GenAI to help me fact gather quickly in outline format, so I can pick and choose which topics and facts I feel compelled to expound upon with my own personal life lessons and experiences; I believe this creates a fuller, more enjoyable experience for my readers. Using GenAI in this manner is like a faster more targeted version of hitting up Wikipedia or other encyclopedic database.
- Because AI technology is not going away anytime before we do… I do believe in embracing its value as essential component of my “tools and support systems” philosophy. I also believe AI will never be more intelligent than a human; simply because human intelligence is primarily based upon our dilemma as mortals needing to quickly as we can choose which passions we will pursue in life. The emotions we experience in overcoming the adversity that results from every human interaction with this world is what makes us intelligent, and that is not something a computer can exeprience… emotions… feelings…. these are our humility… our intelligence. GenAI can only regurgitate what we tell it. And so, as though I haven’t emphasized my point enough already, use GenAI to your hearts content! Literally, your human beating temporary alive heart will tell you when you are being tempted to take technological short-cuts regarding “your” personal expression of your creativity in becoming a trusted authority with a voice and complementary audience all your own. GenAI can never outdo any human in that regard. Are your socks your feet? What!? Those two rags? NO! Even though they sure do look exactly like feet when pulled on.
- Learning and experiencing, sharing and preaching, reaching and teaching… that is what we are… genuine human lives valuing each other, making the world better.
GenAI and SEO
Google believes in “Rewarding high-quality content, however it is produced. Google’s ranking systems aim to reward original, high-quality content that demonstrates qualities of what we call E-E-A-T: expertise, experience, authoritativeness, and trustworthiness.” “When it comes to automatically generated content, our guidance has been consistent for years. Using automation—including AI—to generate content with the primary purpose of manipulating ranking in search results is a violation of our spam policies.” {https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/02/google-search-and-ai-content}
Last Words
Just remember whatever your stance… education is a key to success, and while AI is an awesomely useful tool for many things in our evolving world, using it creatively has its benefits as well as its limitations; GenAI results can contain inaccuracies, misinformation, and even plagiarism… and unwise use of it can look spammy (Google is always watching). So, be inspired by your heart and yet judicial in your mind regarding its use in your life. Because at the end of the day, you are human! And I love you.