{"id":576507,"date":"2026-07-28T21:05:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T19:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/?p=576507"},"modified":"2026-07-28T23:10:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T21:10:46","slug":"why-should-i-say-i-used-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/en\/blog\/why-should-i-say-i-used-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Why should I say I used AI? I don\u2019t mention that I used Word either"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1>Why should I say I used AI? I don\u2019t mention that I used Word either<\/h1>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><strong>More and more articles now carry a \u201cMade with AI\u201d label. And more and more people ask: \u201cShould we be required to disclose that?\u201d My answer is: sometimes. But usually not.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" alt=\"Esther Jacobs working with AI on her laptop\" title=\"esther-jacobs-ai-word-column\" src=\"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/esther-jacobs-ai-word-column.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-576495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/esther-jacobs-ai-word-column-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/esther-jacobs-ai-word-column-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/esther-jacobs-ai-word-column-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/esther-jacobs-ai-word-column-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/esther-jacobs-ai-word-column.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>That may sound strange coming from someone who works with AI every day. Still, I think we are having the wrong discussion.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody adds a note below an article saying: <em>written in Microsoft Word<\/em>. Nobody mentions that the spelling was checked, a colleague helped shape the ideas or an intern did the research. When a communications agency writes your social media posts, you don\u2019t add: <em>created by an agency<\/em>. So why should AI suddenly be different? I think we are mixing up two completely different things.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h2>Keeping control and taking responsibility<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p>I use AI to turn my spoken words into written text, bring structure to my ideas, sharpen a title or make a sentence flow a little better. But I choose the subject. The arguments are mine. The examples are mine. The conclusion is mine. And if there is a mistake, I am the one who should be held accountable.<\/p>\n<p>AI is simply a tool. Just like Word, Photoshop, Excel or Google.<\/p>\n<p>It becomes a very different story when you ask AI to write an article about a subject you barely understand yourself. Then you can\u2019t judge whether the content is correct. You don\u2019t know whether the examples make sense, whether the conclusions are logical or whether the text contains complete nonsense.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><h2>The difference between a tool and an author<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"><p>In that case, I would disclose it. The reader should know whether they are reading the knowledge of an expert or the output of a clever language model.<\/p>\n<p>That is where I draw the line. The real question is not whether AI was used. It is who is responsible for the content.<\/p>\n<p>Who made the choices? Who checked the facts? Who added nuance? Who can explain why every paragraph is there? And who is willing to put their name to it if a mistake comes to light later?<\/p>\n<p>To me, that is the real definition of authorship.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"><h2>Responsibility for what you publish<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"><p>AI is changing the way we work. It does not change who is responsible for what gets published.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe we should stop asking: \u201cWas this made with AI?\u201d and start asking the only question that really matters: does the person whose name is on it actually know what they are talking about?<\/p>\n<p><strong>PS. For the sake of transparency, this column was written WITH THE HELP OF AI.<\/strong> I recorded my ideas and AI helped me structure them and sharpen a few phrases. The idea, the arguments, the examples and the final edit are all mine. Which is exactly what this column is about.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-10\"><p><em>This column was originally published in Dutch on 24 July 2026 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intermediair.nl\/werk-en-carriere\/op-de-werkvloer\/vermelden-ai-gebruik-artikelen-esther-jacobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intermediair.nl<\/a>. Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/en\/category\/ai-chatgpt-tips\/\">all of Esther\u2019s monthly columns with AI tips<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-11\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-12\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-13\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-14\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-15\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-16\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-17\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-18\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-19\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-20\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-21\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-22\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-23\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:15px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator 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