Short stories and occasional journal entries by Teo Halvane. Zola 2026-10-06T00:00:00+00:00 https://teohalvane.com/journal/atom.xml 2026-10-06T00:00:00+00:00 2026-10-06T00:00:00+00:00 Unknown https://teohalvane.com/journal/on-ai-tools/ <p>I use AI tools when I write and edit, and I’d rather say so plainly than leave readers to guess.</p> <p>The short version: I describe each story’s shape, write the prose, and make every decision that matters, including plot, character, form, voice and the final wording. AI tools help me build out passages inside a shape I’ve already set, check whether the tone holds, and catch inconsistencies in names, dates and details. I rewrite what they draft, and I decide whether to take any change they suggest.</p> <p>The full statement is in the <a href="https://teohalvane.com/copyright/#ai-disclosure">AI disclosure</a> on the copyright page. You can reach that page any time from “All rights reserved” in the footer.</p> <p>I know that for some readers, any AI involvement is a reason to stop reading. That’s a fair choice, and I’d rather you make it knowing how the work is made than find out later. If that’s where you land, no hard feelings.</p> <p>For another voice on this, Hugh Howey has written about <a rel="noreferrer external" href="https://hughhowey.com/ai-and-the-copyright-page/">putting AI disclosures on the copyright page</a>. He comes down on the other side for his own work: he doesn’t use AI at all, not even to catch typos. We agree that readers should be told.</p>