Beyond my traditional visual art, I experiment and work with artificial intelligence, while simultaneously writing critically about it. As this dual position may raise legitimate questions, I prefer to explain clearly how I use it and where I draw the line.
How I use it
As professional support. I employ AI tools for specific tasks: generating header images for the Public Notebook based on prompts written by me; translating content into English; locating and cross-referencing bibliography and sources; proofreading texts; and organising materials. In all these cases, AI accelerates or assists with work for which the direction, judgement, and responsibility remain mine.
As an object and material of research. A portion of my work and research contemplates artificial intelligence itself: what occurs when a machine generates something, where the artistic surplus resides, and what a system reorganises when producing. In this context, AI does not merely assist me: it is the subject I investigate and a material with which I work. When a piece is produced by these means, I indicate it as such.
Where I draw the line
- I do not delegate intellectual development. The themes, questions, arguments, and the position I maintain are my own. I may use AI to locate information, verify, organise, translate, or review a formulation, but I do not publish a text without having directed, verified, and adopted it as my own.
- I do not delegate judgement. Interpretations and conclusions are my own decisions, and I assume responsibility for what I publish, whether AI is involved or not.
- I do not accept data as valid simply because an AI states it. I endeavour to verify citations and figures against their source, and when something cannot be confirmed, I note it within the text itself rather than presenting it as certain.
A tension I do not conceal
The tools I use to generate images may have been trained on the work of others, and AI infrastructures possess a material cost and concentrate power, subjects upon which I write critically in this very notebook. I do not resolve this tension by pretending it does not exist. I keep it in view: I use these tools with an awareness of their implications, and I consider that utilising and examining them with detachment form part of the same responsibility; they are not incompatible positions.
Corrections
Should I detect an error in something I have published, I correct it as soon as possible and, when the change is significant, I record it.
This statement shall be updated if my way of working changes.
Last updated: 13 October 2026.