AI Use Statement
There are two broad categories of AI: assistive (non-generative) and generative.
Assistive tools support tasks like proofreading, organisation, and analysis, and mean the work is still human-created.
Generative tools produce original content, or at least help to.
My fiction is human-created, with some use of assistive AI tools.
Use of Assistive AI
- spelling and grammar checks (e.g. the non-generative elements within programs like Grammarly or ProwritingAid)
- Late-draft consistency scans (e.g. names, tense, repeated words)
- Research and fact checking (for example, ‘how long would a body take to decompose at ‘this’ temperature, in ‘these’ conditions?’)
(That means I haven’t used generative AI for my novel plots, writing, book covers, and print and ebook file formatting)
Use of Generative AI (Non-Manuscript Contexts)
I have used generative AI in specific ways which do not form part of my manuscripts.
1. I create promotional images for social media (or my website) based on my novel’s characters. Where used, these visuals are intended as supplementary material and I mark them as AI-generated.
2. I have experimented with and produced a song based on my own written lyrics using AI tools. The voice and music are AI-generated; the lyrics and creative direction are mine. The song is based on the experience and feelings of Sarina, the main character from my novel, The Red Line. All AI-generated elements wherever possible are labelled correctly (though not all platforms currently support AI-generation labelling yet, but it’s on its way 💪🏻).
Sarina from the North Queensland Vampire Series. An example of an AI generated image used for promotion.
A Note on Ethical Considerations
I recognise the serious ethical concerns surrounding AI, particularly the use of writers', musicians', and visual artists' work in training models without consent. It's an uncomfortable co-existence. These tools are now widely used despite the unresolved ethical questions around their origins. I use them pragmatically while still investing in human creators, for example requesting particular novels for my library, and buying vinyl albums and audiobooks to listen to. I’m saving to buy a limited edition print from one of my favourite photographers one day, too. My point - the arts are not completely lost by all of this. We still seek human work most of the time.
You may also be interested in two blogs I wrote (primarily for writers and others in the publishing industry).
One is called AI Is Already Changing How You Write — Even If You Don't Use It. It’s an uncomfortable development that people don’t seem to be talking about yet.
The other is Shy Girl, Mob Rules, and the AI Detection Problem.
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