Updated: July 4, 2025 🎆🗽
“Please note that I wrote this policy myself. If you want to copy it, please credit this page. But be mindful that Google does not like duplicate content. I recommend using my policy as a framework for your own words. I am not a legal expert, and this policy does not in any way constitute legal advice.” {https://calmbusiness.com/ai-policy; “Kerstin and her team advocate and practice inclusivity, kindness, and integrity. As a Calm Business, we love human speed and genuine content while embracing and utilizing technology to improve and streamline our processes.”]
I, TBoan, inspired of and motivated by… have based this page upon the “AI Policy” of… calmbusiness.com, with changes.
GenAI (Generative Artificial Intelligence, GenAI, or GAI) is “artificial intelligence capable of generating text, images, videos, or other data using generative models, often in response to prompts. Generative AI models learn the patterns and structure of their input training data and then generate new data that has similar characteristics.” {https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generative_artificial_intelligence]
The internet is changing fast. With the advent of more tools than we can shake a stick at being presented to us on the web every day, it is sometimes difficult to know what tools are best for our individual business and personal use. That said, underlying technologies such as blockchains and AIs are not going away. They are like branches on a tree that more fully enable us to express our individual visions for our own and others’ futures. All that, of course, depends upon learning about these technologies and how they are most effectively used to further our lives. My strong personal standpoint and opinion is… tools should be used to enhance human creative productivity, not replace it.
Regarding the debate whether AI should be used or avoided, there are several factors to consider:
- Are you interested in its use solely as a tool to enhance and/or speed the production of innovative intellectual or creative efforts… and/or to shortcut a way to make up for a lack of them… or do you just want to put your name on the results of a prompt?
- There was a time when photographs could not be copyrighted for the same reasons argued by those who these days advocate keeping AI produced works in the public domain. There are other arguments than that it is merely a tool, like a camera, including the material AI is “trained” on is under copyright… but then again, so are many things in the world being photographed and copyrighted everyday.
- κτλ (καὶ τὰ λοιπά {Kai Ta Liopa}, Greek, predates Latin etc {et cetera})
How and when I use GenAI
- All my writing is my voice written down. I do not use GenAI to write for me… for the most part; and when I do use GenAI for writing ideas, etc., it is collaborative. Regardless how “good” GenAI is at writing, there is always something lacking that only a human can produce. Here’s an example.
Me: “Write a story about a writer who “uses” AI to help write a story… about writing. Make the writer come to the realization that writing is in the very least fun, and quite possibly profitable as well! Have the realization occur to the writer during a prolonged and much frustrated attempt to become an accountant, which is of course all about money!“
Here’s AI’s response:
Title: The Ledger and the Quill
Harold Wexley was not the kind of man people called creative. In fact, for the better part of his adult life, he prided himself on being the exact opposite—methodical, efficient, and dull as an overused spreadsheet. His dream was to become an accountant. Not a forensic accountant or CFO or anything fancy. Just… an accountant. A respectable, beige profession.
He was three years into online classes and still couldn’t remember the difference between accrual and cash-basis accounting. Debits and credits danced in his head like mismatched socks. He’d spend hours rereading the same tax code clause, only to realize he hadn’t been reading it at all—just staring blankly at the screen while a quiet voice whispered, This isn’t you.
That voice, of course, he ignored.
But it was that voice—or something like it—that got louder one particularly frustrating night, when he Googled, “Why do I hate accounting so much?” One link led to another, and somehow he ended up on a free AI-powered story generator. He smirked. “Useless garbage,” he muttered, already typing.
Prompt: A man tries to escape his life as an accountant by writing stories.
The AI responded in seconds:
“Gerald Stapleton crunched numbers by day, but at night, he exorcised dragons with his pen. The deeper his debts, the wilder his tales. The only ledger he truly understood was one inked in adventure…”
Harold blinked.
“That’s… actually not terrible.”
He tried another prompt. Then another. And then, something strange happened. He stopped scoffing and started tweaking. Rewriting. Expanding.
The AI would sketch out the bones, but Harold would add the soul. He named characters. He wrote dialogue. He got angry at his own plot holes. Hours passed like minutes.
That night, he didn’t dream of numbers. He dreamed of Gerald Stapleton riding a wyvern made of receipts, soaring over an IRS headquarters shaped like a fortress.
Weeks went by. His accounting homework withered on the vine. He told himself he was just taking a “creative detour.” But one night, after finishing a short story called “Double Entry: A Tale of Betrayal and Balance Sheets,” he posted it online. An indie fantasy subreddit. Just for laughs.
The next morning, it had 367 upvotes and a dozen comments like:
“Dude, this is hilarious.”
“I would absolutely read a full novella.”
“You’re a writer, right?”
He wasn’t. Not really. Was he?
More stories followed. Each one better than the last. Some co-written with AI. Others purely his own. He started playing with tone and style, blending humor with heart, chaos with clarity. He even began writing a novella: The Ledger & The Quill, about a failed accountant turned reluctant scribe in a world where stories shape reality.
One late night, editing the third chapter, he leaned back and muttered to himself, “You know… this is actually fun.”
Then, after a pause: “And people would pay for this?”
It hit him harder than a tax audit—he’d spent three years studying the science of money, yet he’d never felt value like he did in that moment, crafting worlds from nothing but thought and rhythm. Writing, he realized, was artfully monetizable fun.
He stared at the blinking cursor. At the AI-generated outline he was no longer following. At the coffee mug with the faded “Accountants Do It With Double Entries” joke.
He picked it up, and—smiling—threw it in the trash.
Harold Wexley, CPA-hopeful turned Author-in-Recovery, went on to publish that novella. It didn’t make him rich. But it bought him joy, readers, and the occasional royalty check.
And when people asked how he got into writing?
He’d grin and say, “I was trying to do something practical. But accidentally… I found something profitable and fun.”
Then he’d wink and add, “And yes, I still use AI. But only as my accountant.”
Now here’s what it reads after I quickly add and change a few things to my liking:
Title: The Ledger and the Quill
Harold Wexley was not the kind of man people called creative. In fact, for the better part of his adult life, he prided himself on being the exact opposite—methodical, efficient, and dull as his mechanical pencil lead. He was the sort to quickly abandon any sort of childish dream in life…for the practical. Life was about survival, and in today’s world, survival was about money; in fact, the more money one had, the less surviving one needed to do. Despite this realization, he knew very early in life he lacked the creativity to be an entrepreneur, but “everyone knew” he told himself, and most probably do… that the next best thing is to be a successful entrepreneur’s accountant. Thus, he was to become an accountant. Not a forensic accountant or CFO or anything fancy. Just… an accountant. A respectable, beige profession. A least at first. Such a life-role was widely needed, it was practically mandated by law! Every business needs an accountant. So practical, safe, and well…just perfect!
Harold was three years into online accounting classes through one of those online colleges offering the main money-oriented degrees, and he still couldn’t remember the difference between accrual and cash-basis accounting, so to speak; he did of course, but the more advanced stuff… he was learning, was above his paygrade… imagined and otherwise. For lack of a better phrase, Harold told his mother when she asked about his accounting “job”, “Mom, debits and credits dance in my head like mismatched socks!” He’d spend hours rereading the same tax code clause, only to realize he hadn’t been absorbing it at all—just staring blankly at the screen while a quiet voice whispered, “This isn’t you, buddy.”
That voice, of course, at least at first, he ignored. He had never envisioned himself doing anything other than becoming rich! He also had never envisioned himself becoming rich in any other manner than by managing the money of the creative ones gifted enough to innovate industry toward new discoveries and uses for them. “Money… ahh, money… that will never change!”, he told himself. “I can rely on it, and likewise… it can rely on me.”
But it was that voice—or something within him the voice excited—that got louder one particularly frustrating night, when he Googled, “Why do I hate accounting so much?” One link led to another, and somehow in some nook or cranny of an otherwise endless rabbit hole of distractions, he ended up on a free AI-powered story generator. He smirked. “Useless garbage,” he muttered, while already typing his grief.
Harold prompted: “A man tries to escape his life as an accountant by writing stories.”
The AI responded in seconds: “Gerald Stapleton crunched numbers by day, but at night, he exorcised dragons with his pen. The deeper his debts, the wilder his tales. The only ledger he truly understood was one inked in adventure…”
Harold blinked like it was the first time he’d ever! “That’s… actually not terrible.”
He tried another prompt. Then another. And then, something uncomfortable happened. He stopped staring in wonder at the technology, and started tweaking… rewriting… expanding.
The AI had sketched out the bones of a familiar enough skeleton, but Harold would add the flesh and bones… and the soul! He named characters based upon fellow students in grammar school. He wrote dialogues based on them too, and also purely from his imagination. What an amazing feeling… bringing these emotions, these people… to life in ways he could never experience in real life. He got angry at the limitations the real world placed on the plots he envisioned. He delighted mostly in the dialogues he could, almost, really have. He almost laughed a few times. He almost cried, but only once. Hours passed like minutes, and before he knew, it was 3am.
That night, Harold didn’t dream of the static comfort of numbers. He dreamed he was Gerald Stapleton manouvering wildly upon the back of a wyvern made of receipts, soaring over a fortress-shaped IRS headquarters!
Weeks went by. Harold’s accounting homework withered on the vine and spoiled behind this new imaginative embrace that held him as tightly as a Christmas sweater. He told himself he was just taking a “creative detour.” But one night, after finishing a short story called “Double Entry: A Tale of Betrayal and Balance Sheets,” he posted it online. An indie fantasy subreddit. Just for laughs. Just to see if anybody would read it, and respond with a like.
The next morning, his thread had 36 upvotes and half a dozen comments:
“Dude, this is hilarious.”
“I would absolutely read a full novella.”
“So wait, are you an accountant or a writer!?”
He wasn’t either. Not really. Was he?
More stories followed like sweat pouring out of an athlete, each one better than the last. Some co-written with AI, others purely his own. Harold started playing with tone and style, blending humor with heart, chaos with clarity. He even began writing a novella: The Ledger & The Quill, about him… a failed accountant turned writer in a world where stories shape reality. One late night, while editing the third chapter, he leaned back and said aloud to himself, “You know… this is actually the most fun I’ve ever had!” Then, after a pause, “And people might pay for this?”
It hit him harder than an unannounced tax audit—he’d spent three years studying the science of money, yet he’d never felt value like he did in that moment, crafting worlds from nothing but thought and rhythm. Writing, he realized, was artfully monetizable fun! He stared at the blinking cursor… at the AI-generated outline he had far surpassed… at his once-favorite coffee mug with the “Accountants Do It With Double Entries” joke.
He picked it up, and—smiling—said, “Too bad you don’t say, “Writers Do It With… Whatever They Want!””—and threw it in the trash.
And so the immediate future of Harold Wexley, CPA-hopeful turned Author-in-Recovery, held that he was to publish that novella on Amazon.com’s KDP platform. It didn’t bring him riches. But it brought him joy, an audience who appreciated his creative intelligence, and the occasional royalty check.
When people asked Harold how he got into writing? He’d grin and say, “I was trying to do something practical and profitable. But accidentally… for the first time ever really, I found something fun.” Then he’d wink and with a crooked grin add, “And yes, I still use AI. But only as my accountant.”
This story could easily be expanded; such that the brief AI portion only serves as intro-outline.
- I do use GenAI to help me fact gather quickly in outline format, so I can pick and choose which topics and facts I feel compelled to expound upon with my own personal life lessons and experiences; I believe this creates a fuller, more enjoyable experience for my readers. Using GenAI in this manner is like a faster more targeted version of hitting up Wikipedia or other encyclopedic database.
- Because AI technology is not going away anytime before we do… I do believe in embracing its value as essential component of my “tools and support systems” philosophy. I also believe AI will never be more intelligent than a human; simply because human intelligence is primarily based upon our dilemma as mortals needing to quickly as we can choose which passions we will pursue in life. The emotions we experience in overcoming the adversity that results from every human interaction with this world is what makes us intelligent, and that is not something a computer can experience… emotions… feelings…. these are our humility… our intelligence. GenAI can only regurgitate what we tell it. And so, as though I haven’t emphasized my point enough already, use GenAI to your hearts content! Literally, your human beating temporary alive heart will tell you when you are being tempted to take technological short-cuts regarding “your” personal expression of your creativity in becoming a trusted authority with a voice and complementary audience all your own. GenAI can never outdo any human in that regard. Are your socks your feet? What!? Those two rags? NO! Even though they sure do look exactly like feet when pulled on.
- Learning and experiencing, sharing and preaching, reaching and teaching… that is what we are… genuine human lives valuing each other, making the world better.
GenAI and SEO
Google believes in “Rewarding high-quality content, however it is produced. Google’s ranking systems aim to reward original, high-quality content that demonstrates qualities of what we call E-E-A-T: expertise, experience, authoritativeness, and trustworthiness.” “When it comes to automatically generated content, our guidance has been consistent for years. Using automation—including AI—to generate content with the primary purpose of manipulating ranking in search results is a violation of our spam policies.” {https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/02/google-search-and-ai-content}
Last Words
Just remember whatever your stance… education is a key to success, and while AI is an awesomely useful tool for many things in our evolving world, using it creatively has its benefits as well as its limitations; GenAI results can contain inaccuracies, misinformation, and even plagiarism… and unwise use of it can look spammy (Google is always watching). So, be inspired by your heart and yet judicial in your mind regarding its use in your life. Because at the end of the day, you are human! And I love you.