given the age that we currently live in, where llms and generative ai seem to pervade every aspect of our lives, i feel it necessary to make a statement regarding my use of any ai on my site and my stance on ai in general.

to be clear, i will never utilize ai in any capacity, either in my personal life or in the creation of assets or pages for this website.

ai is s a tool of theft from artists across all mediums. it is a sycophantic lying machine. it is a devastating detriment to our environment. i find its use to be a genuine moral failing. i'm including two links below with good information, but i implore you to do your own research.

explained: generative ai’s environmental impact (mit news)
learners' ai dependence and critical thinking: the psychological mechanism of fatigue and the social buffering role of ai literacy (sciencedirect, jinrui tian, ronghua zhang