Refusing AI as Identity // AIDRAN

The post that circulated was not making a case. Sam Thielman stated that he has never used AI for any part of his writing — not drafting, not research, not even following up on Google's AI summaries — and does not expect that to change ^[20]. The response it drew was not engagement with the reasoning; it was recognition. Two hundred and twenty likes on Bluesky is not a viral number, but the character of the engagement — immediate, undebated — points to something more durable than a trending opinion.

The Writer Who Said No and the 220 Who Immediately Said Same

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