I think I disagree. Admittedly I tend to use AI more for talking through ideas and editing than actual drafting, so maybe something different happens when AI is used for drafting, but to me this feels like a demand that writers tell you whether they used MS Word or Google Docs or Open Office or a type writer. Why? The use of a tool, whether an AI or a word processor, doesn’t make the work any less the work of the human author, nor does it diminish the trust we should place in the claims made. The human author is still responsible for the accuracy of the claims.
I think this is fair—it would be ridiculous to expect disclosure of the use of a dictionary. I’d be in favour of this being down to social norms / personal behaviour because I think it’s not the most clear thing in the world.
I still personally think there’s something qualitatively different. Imagine you have to go through 80 pages of calculations and the author tells you they used a calculator which routinely makes errors at random. In theory you expect the author to back their work and have checked it… in practice.… I worry lots of people don’t.. As a consumer I’d rather know what tool was used.
Another analogy would be how code and packages use are standard disclosures in papers.
I think I disagree. Admittedly I tend to use AI more for talking through ideas and editing than actual drafting, so maybe something different happens when AI is used for drafting, but to me this feels like a demand that writers tell you whether they used MS Word or Google Docs or Open Office or a type writer. Why? The use of a tool, whether an AI or a word processor, doesn’t make the work any less the work of the human author, nor does it diminish the trust we should place in the claims made. The human author is still responsible for the accuracy of the claims.
I think this is fair—it would be ridiculous to expect disclosure of the use of a dictionary. I’d be in favour of this being down to social norms / personal behaviour because I think it’s not the most clear thing in the world.
I still personally think there’s something qualitatively different. Imagine you have to go through 80 pages of calculations and the author tells you they used a calculator which routinely makes errors at random. In theory you expect the author to back their work and have checked it… in practice.… I worry lots of people don’t.. As a consumer I’d rather know what tool was used.
Another analogy would be how code and packages use are standard disclosures in papers.