With the frightening news all over the media affirming that “workers at three major publishing houses told WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech,” not to mention authors left and right being stopped due to their use of AI, we thought it was time.
We can assure you, 100%, that The Porch Gardener and TPG Press will NEVER use AI to write, and we expect our future authors at TPG to do the same. But “assuring” was no longer enough, as we know that, due to AI, most industries are now based on lies.
Not us. We stand behind the description on our About page, “a high-tech publication dedicated to a low-tech lifestyle, close to nature and away from the constant noise of politics and the excesses of social media.”
At any rate, at this delicate point in time, and despite our absolute certainty of our own full humanity, you never know for sure, so we took a deep breath, chose a sample of our texts, and went to Pangram.
What a joy! What a relief!
For full disclosure, we do use AI for spellchecking and light editing; after all, who doesn’t these days? Moreover, we don’t buy into the notion that, today, “a few mistakes here and there are actually charming.” No. They’re not.
Give credit where credit is due. Especially considering that English is my second language, I need some help to ensure quality, less and less each day, as I progressively turn the language in which my “writing machine engine” operates fully into English.
Read us safely. Publish with us safely. Live with confidence!