I use generative AI — mostly Claude — for research, for learning new tools, for validating ideas. The way search engines once worked, before noise replaced signal
I write without AI. No emails. No notes. No drafts. No books. No comments. Nothing that claims to be mine is written by anyone — or anything — else
I believe in the act of writing. In thinking by hand. In shaping words slowly. It's about being, not having
I do use AI to explain code — SQL, Python, Go, JavaScript. Small functions. Educational snippets. Always adapted by hand before use
Sometimes I ask questions while writing. Like asking a friend nearby. "What is impossible to prove but shapes belief?" "Which trades still use a physical toolbox?"
But the words are mine
If this ever changes, I will say so. Right here: alleksy.com/ai