The Luddite Pledge

As an editor who also writes, I understand how hard it can be to trust words we’ve put down to someone else. I take that responsibility seriously and will do everything in my power to protect my clients’ words and intellectual property. I will never feed my clients’ words to an LLM and limit my use of line editing apps to basic spelling and grammar checks. I’m happy to introduce clients to a fantastic human copyeditors, including Melissa Rudder at Rudder Editorial!

In addition, to the best of my knowledge, everything you see on my website was created by human beings without the use of LLM applications such as ChatGPT or other forms of Generative AI. I do not use GenAI to research and fact-check.

I believe the benefits of GenAI do not, and cannot, outweigh the harm caused to the environment, to art, to people, to us. Therefore, in the spirit of the Luddites, I refuse to use it.

If you are a writer who has used GenAI in your writing and have questions about protecting your voice and intellectual property, I’m happy to connect to discuss options.