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There is a lot of buzz around GenAI and writing. So much so that it feels appropriate to comment on it ourselves.

We tend to think of large language models as better-value lorem ipsum. A placeholder. A scaffold. A super-powered outline machine for drafting requirements. A second set of eyes that can catch inconsistencies, awkward phrasing, or the little things that slip past us after staring at the same page for the hundredth time.

What they are not, at least for us, is a replacement for imagination.

Stories do not emerge from nowhere. They emerge from dreams, observations, relationships, frustrations, questions, symbols, memories, and lived experience. The act of writing is not merely arranging words on a page. It is wrestling with meaning. No tool can do that work for us.

We work in technology precisely because we believe people should participate in shaping the tools that shape society. Communication technologies are especially important. Human beings live and die by the stories they tell, the symbols they exchange, and the meanings they create together. To ignore new tools outright would be to ignore an important part of the conversation.

At the same time, we respect the work of other artists and writers. We do not support plagiarism, exploitation, or the careless appropriation of another person’s creative efforts. If an individual wishes to exclude their work from data collection, that choice should be respected.

Yet influence itself is not theft.

Every artist is, in some sense, the sum of countless encounters with other artists. We read books. We listen to stories. We study paintings. We absorb culture. We carry symbols from one generation into the next and transform them into something new. Human creativity has always been a conversation.

At Proctor House Studio, we are proud to be contemporary designers, artists, writers, and technologists. We use tools thoughtfully, create intentionally, and remain responsible for the work we put into the world. We hope our stories inspire others, just as the stories that came before inspired us.