My AI Manifesto: How I'm Using AI

23 Oct 2025 #writing

On August 27th, 1997 the world as we knew it changed: Skynet became self-aware.

That was almost 30 years ago. Maybe Terminator 2 wasn’t just a movie, but a documentary. Who knows? But while we wait for nuclear destruction, humanity’s extinction, or simply UBI, here’s my statement on how I use AI:

I use AI for coding (but with some rules)

After a few days with AI, I was becoming dependent, even for simple tasks.

That’s why I don’t recommend new coders rely on AI to generate code, but use it as a learning aid. And that’s also why I’ve put some rules: AI stays outside my editor.

I don’t swear by AI. It’s far away from replacing coders. But coding will look different in 10 years.

That’s for coding. But for writing, my approach is different.

Zero AI for writing

I write every word here and elsewhere. All of them. By a human. Me.

I use AI to proofread and edit my words. I’ve replaced Grammarly (at least the basic, free version) with a simple prompt.

I used to make posts eye-catching with AI-generated images of humanized cats doing everyday tasks. Who doesn’t like cats? But after changing my approach to blogging, I stopped using images and covers on my posts. So no more AI cat images.

When social media and the whole Internet get flooded with soulless, dull AI-generated content, I’m also in the small crowd standing up with stories, an authentic voice, and a message worth reading.

I’m in the “if you don’t care to write them, why should I care to read them?” team. We don’t need another AI-generated post starting with “In today’s world…”