Can I Claim AI-Assisted Written Content as My Own?

This author’s conscience crisis about using AI editing tools. Mine or ours. A writing experiment.

Prompt: ‘… My eyes squeezed shut, and tears of letters leaked out. I am black.’ Image created by Midjourney — the author, K Joseph has the provenance and copyright.

“It must be 100% yours.”

That’s what one of my favorite publications told me. So I decided to write, without assistance, in my Notes app. I’ll present you with the same work that has been done through my AI writing and editing assistance tools. After that, I’ll let you decide whether I can claim both as mine.

Prompt: ‘Me, in the eyes of my AI tools.’ Image created by Midjourney — the author, K Joseph has the provenance and copyright.

Ours

The article lunged towards me and trapped my neck. My head fell back inhumanly. Its words were digging into my voice box. The pressure ignited nerves that caused my mind to explode with thoughts meant to peel back its dreadful fingers. My eyes squeezed shut, and tears of letters leaked out.

Over the loudspeaker, Illumination says, “… we offer those who invested in AI tools and want to use them to grow their audience responsibly…
L A M P S H A D E!”

The last word reverberated through me. I felt the hands of the editors push me back into the hall outside the hallowed spaces for…