At TWoA, we value authentic human voices. In the age of artificial intelligence, when human voices risk being diluted beneath a flood of generated text, we find it imperative to cling to what makes us ourselves: curiosity, fascination, research, critical thinking, quirk, and wit. That, after all, is the soul of creativity. Don’t hand over authorship. We much prefer the occasional human typo or “awkward phrase” over AI.

AI is trained on statistical regularities in order to generate the most likely responses given the context. Consider this: Would you stick your name on something many could generate? Would you really denigrate your own thoughts in favour of regressing to the mean? Would you willingly become so… mediocre? 

When writing for TWoA, let excitement guide you. Follow your fascinations, explore your curiosities, and pursue the ideas you deem significant. Teach us something new, make a connection we (and AI) didn’t realise existed. If you happen to think your idea is strange, far-fetched, or even crazy, you’re on the right path. That’s exactly what we want to read – as long as you can write it, explain it, and defend it.

Here are some tips: Don’t generate ideas with AI. Let them come to you in moments of inspiration or curiosity. Then study them with rigour – and express your thoughts in a way that is entirely your own. Don’t rely exclusively on AI when researching your ideas. AI frequently produces errors, breeding misinformation. So please double (or triple)-check everything AI tells you. 

Trust yourself – and your words. Don’t strip your voice of its quirkiness, underestimate its uniqueness, or hide its character. This is what makes you interesting, and this is what we want to publish. That is why we ask you not to trust AI editing: it will make your text worse by erasing your voice and replacing it with a grandiose yet bland genericness.

Please don’t expect AI-generated content to be better than your own; in our line of business, it is, at best, mediocre, and we sure hope you see yourself more highly than that. The same applies to AI-editing: it can make your text worse by erasing your voice, replacing it with a grandiose yet generic blandness. At TWoA, our editors are happy to work with you and help you grow as both a writer and thinker, from one human being to another.

Now, we do understand that banning AI altogether is not feasible. That’s why we have a few suggestions for how you may use AI as an assistant – rather than letting it overtake your task altogether.  Help us nurture real voices – and preserve the inherent humanity of the arts!