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Is This Site AI? - AI Usage Statement

Usage of generative AI to vibe-code websites has increased a ton recently, and it's become a LOT harder to verify the origin and the authenticity of content. I believe it is important to be completely upfront to the visitor about what AI generated/assisted content it contains.

The following states how generative AI on sirkorgo.com is used, and beyond the statement, you can see a guide on how you can be transparent about your AI Usage.

AI Usage Statement

Last updated: August 6th, 2026

TL;DR

Published content and assets on this site do NOT use generative AI in any step of the creative process. External tools or images may occasionally include AI elements beyond my control. Code on this site is written by hand, with occasional use of help from an LLM (in moderation) to troubleshoot JavaScript and CSS issues.

If you formed a negative opinion of me or my site from this summary, I encourage you to read the detailed statement to hopefully justify whatever dissatisfies you.

In addition, I am very open to feedback to help improve the transparency of this statement. If you have any comments or concerns, you can find ways to contact me via the About page.

My Stance On Generative AI

I am heavily against the use of generative AI to fully generate "art" or code without any human input other than prompting a model. However, I believe that AI is good when used meaningfully. For example, using it to better understand concepts, or getting suggestions to help improve a work. However, I am heavily against fully AI generated and heavily modified images and videos, as they don't have any creative expression, and I intend to stay away from it.
This stance influences how AI is used on my work for sirkorgo.com and other projects and creations I contribute to and create.

Regarding content and creative assets posted on this site

Content posted on this site includes, but isn't limited to the following:

  • Blog posts, which can be found at/blog
  • Comic series & chapters, which can be found at/comics
  • Artworks, which can be found at/portfolio
  • Changelogs, which can be found at/index, on the "What's New" list
  • Assets created by me (banners, bumpers, icons, emblems)

The content and assets created by me listed above doesNOTuse generative AI for ANY step of the creation process, and while being served on sirkorgo.com.

Regarding code written to serve this site and tools

This site is built withAstro, hosted on GitHub (sirkorgo/korgoweb), and deployed via Vercel. I am unsure of how AI is used by the vendors I listed above, but the repository itself is open source if you'd like to inspect the code.

As for the code itself, I write it for this site myself. However, on occasion I may use an LLM to troubleshoot CSS or JavaScript bugs that I was unable to fix myself. The fixes are NEVER automated using agentic AI, and code that the AI outputs is always reviewed, understood, and applied by me.

External tools created by me for use on sirkorgo.com (Korgosketch, Korgostats) were mainly written on my own, with an LLM to help me optimize the code and help write code for functions that required skills outside of my skillset. Code output from LLMs were reviewed, understood, and applied by me, and no automation (such as agentic AI) was used to write first-party external tools used on sirkorgo.com.

The source code for the following first-party tools used on sirkorgo.com are available on GitHub, open for inspection:

Regarding third-party assets, images, and tools

  • Blog posts may occasionally feature third-party images that utilize AI, though this is never intentional.
  • Assets from other sites (buttons, webrings): I am unsure about the AI usage for the creation and moderation of webrings, along with the creation process of site buttons that may be served on my site. Webrings that I participate in, and buttons that are served on sirkorgo.com may be AI generated, as I may be unaware of the third-party's AI usage, and it is beyond my control.
  • External tools from third-parties (WidgetStar, Atabook, CursorParty): I am unsure about third-parties' usage of generative AI to create and maintain external tools; those tools on sirkorgo.com may utilize AI, as I may be unaware of the third-party's AI usage, and it is beyond my control. The source code of CursorParty, a tool I use on my site, is open source on Github (partykit/cursor-party), free to be inspected.

How You can be Transparent About your AI Usage

Being transparent about your AI usage on your site, regardless of whether you do or do not use it, is important. It helps users trust what they read on your site.

Make a page for it, and make it easy to find

If you want to be transparent about your AI Usage, create a page on your site at/is-this-site-ai, to make it easy to navigate to. This page should be easily accessible to the user. One way you can do this is by linking a button or a link titled something along the lines of "AI Usage Statement" or "How I Use AI" on your index/home page.

Date it and commit to it

The more you work on your site, your usage of AI might change, and AI norms are constantly changing. Keeping your usage statement up-to-date helps users better trust the statement, and show your commitment to keeping AI usage transparent.

Be Descriptive

Don't say something generic and broad, for example: "This site does not use AI."

That's not specific enough. You want to be as clear as possible, make sections in your statement for the types of content on your site. For example:

AI Usage for writing this website

No form of generative AI was used to write any aspect for this website.

AI Usage for blog posts on this website

AI may occasionally be used to improve the grammar and flow of blog posts.

Being descriptive will better help the reader understand how AI was/wasn't used to create the website and its content.

If your site happens to use a lot of AI, be specific about that. Don't just say "My site was written using AI", as there are many ways AI can be integrated.
Explain how AI integrates into your workflow. For example:

AI usage for creating this site

An agentic AI was used to write the JavaScript logic for the custom background and theming used on this site.

Be upfront about what you can't control

There's likely a high chance that your site uses some sort of external platform, eg: atabook, widgetstar, etc., to help run parts of your site. You might not know how AI is used to develop those third-party tools, and it's a good practice to include what you know about how AI is used on those tools.
If a tool you use is open source, you can include a link to the repo where that tool is developed, in case the reader would like to inspect the AI usage of a tool you might use on your site.