AI Usage Policy

I build governed AI systems for a living. It would be incoherent to advocate for accountability, provenance, and disciplined use of AI inside the enterprise while being vague about how AI is used to produce my own writing. This policy is that discipline applied to myself. It is a statement of principle, not a disclaimer.

How AI is used here

AI tools assist with parts of the production process: pressure-testing an argument, accelerating research, summarizing source material, tightening prose, and catching errors. They are useful collaborators for the mechanics of writing. They are not the source of the ideas.

Editorial accountability

Every idea published here passes through my own judgment, and I am accountable for all of it. If something is wrong, the responsibility is mine, not a model's. AI does not get a byline and does not get to make claims under my name that I have not reviewed, understood, and chosen to stand behind.

Provenance and honesty

I do not pass off unreviewed AI output as original human insight. Where a model drafts language, I read it, challenge it, and rewrite it until it reflects what I actually think. The thinking, the synthesis, and the point of view are human. The tooling is just tooling, and I try to be honest about that distinction rather than blur it for effect.

The frameworks are mine

The systems thinking, the named frameworks, and the architectural patterns on this site come from real work and lived experience. A model can help me explain them more clearly; it does not originate them. That distinction matters, because the value of this site is the judgment behind the ideas, not the fluency of the sentences.

Data governance

I apply the same governance principles to my own AI use that I advocate for in the enterprise. No confidential, proprietary, or client information is fed into AI tools. I am deliberate about what data goes where, I prefer tools with clear data-handling commitments, and I treat prompts as if they could be retained. Governance is not a feature you bolt on later; it is how you work from the start.

Alignment with the framework

This policy is a direct application of the principles in my Security Governance Framework: clear ownership, provenance, least-privilege handling of data, and accountability that sits with a human. If I cannot model that accountability in something as low-stakes as a personal essay, I have no business advocating for it in systems that matter.

Why this exists

Most sites that use AI either hide it or wave it away with a single line. This page is meant to do neither. It is here because transparency about AI is the accountability I ask others to adopt, and the standard should start with me.