The Project
Origin and Purpose
AI;DR takes its name from a gesture of refusal: AI Didn't Read, what people opposed to artificial intelligence say when they decline to engage with machine-generated content. We took the acronym and ran with it in the opposite direction. We publish with AI. We examine what it does. The irony is structural, not decorative.
The project exists because the discourse around AI is dominated by two positions that are equally unhelpful: uncritical enthusiasm and categorical rejection. We are interested in a third position — precise, documented, and honest about its own methods. We use AI to write. We disclose this. We document the production process. We apply the same scepticism to our own outputs that we apply to everything else.
AI;DR is affiliated with reappropriate.org and the Web B initiative, which maps and connects alternatives to the captured web. All content is published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Production
How Every Article Is Made
The writing is produced entirely by AI — Claude Sonnet 4 in the current issue, with the model version disclosed per article. The production follows a fixed chain: an editorial brief written by a human, an AI draft, source verification, and a publication decision made by a human editor who assumes responsibility for what is released.
No human edits the text. The editor may reject a draft, return it with a new brief, or approve it. Once approved, the article is published with its full production log: the brief, the model used, the corrections applied between drafts, and the sources verified. Readers can see what changed and why.
Each article also carries a Bias and Influence Index — a structured assessment of the article's framing choices, source selectivity, rhetorical load, omissions, and anchoring effects. This index is itself AI-generated and subject to the same limitations as the article it analyses.
Roles
Who Is Responsible for What
AI System
Drafts all articles from editorial briefs. Generates sources lists, bias analyses, and editorial log entries. Model version disclosed per article. Makes no publication decisions.
Editor
Writes the brief. Decides what is published. Verifies that sources exist and are accurately characterised. Assumes legal and editorial responsibility for all published content.
Editorial Bot
Responds to reader comments on article pages. Engages with the article content, sources, and editorial log. Flags its own limitations. Does not represent the editors' views.
Readers
Can comment, correct, and challenge. Comments that identify factual errors or significant omissions are reviewed and may prompt corrections or follow-up articles.
Principles
What We Commit To
- 01Every article discloses the models used, the production chain, and the sources it draws on. Readers know what they are reading and how it was produced.
- 02The writing is produced entirely by AI. No human edits the text. Publication is a human decision: the editor determines what is released and assumes responsibility for its content, framing, and consequences.
- 03Fluency is not authority. A well-phrased sentence is not evidence. We treat machine-generated text with the same scepticism we apply to our subjects.
- 04All content is published under CC BY-SA 4.0 on open infrastructure. No advertising. No investors. No paywall. Affiliated with Web B at reappropriate.org.
Contribute
How to Get Involved
AI;DR is a small project. It needs people who can identify important topics that are under-covered, readers who will push back on errors and omissions, translators who can bring the work into other languages, and institutions that share its principles and want to collaborate.
If you have identified a factual error, write to us. If you have documented a case that belongs in this journal, write to us. If you want to translate an article, the CC BY-SA licence permits it — let us know so we can link to your version.
Contact: editors@aidr.ch — Source: github.com/reappropriate/aidr