You Didn’t Write That. ChatGPT Did. Own It.

Everyone’s Using AI — So Why Are We Still Lying About It?

Let’s be real: AI isn’t some fringe tool anymore. It’s not just for tech bros, coders, or sci-fi nerds. It’s in your inbox, your group chat, your social feed. It’s quietly writing blog posts, captions, emails, job applications — and yes, probably half the tweets claiming it’s “ruining writing.”

We’re all using it.
But no one wants to admit it.

Why?

Because somewhere along the way, we made “using AI” feel like cheating. Like it invalidates talent, originality, or hard work. And that’s exactly where ego kicks in.

No one wants to be seen as dependent. So people fake it. They let ChatGPT outline their thoughts, polish their paragraphs, even write their headlines — and then pretend it all came from scratch.

That’s not just denial. That’s hypocrisy.

We’ve normalized every other creative support tool: Grammarly, Google Docs, Photoshop, even ghostwriters. But suddenly when it’s AI? Now it’s “inauthentic”?

The truth is: using AI doesn’t make your work less real — lying about it does.

And here’s the part that matters most: the shame around AI use isn’t just embarrassing. It’s destructive. It creates a culture where transparency is punished, and where creators — especially new ones — are afraid to admit they’re learning, experimenting, collaborating with machines.

So I decided to say what too many won’t:
👉 I use AI. And I’m not hiding it.
Not on my blog. Not in my creative process. Not in my work. And definitely not in my writing.

In fact, I wrote an entire research-backed essay on this exact topic — blending tech, culture, and psychology to expose why we lie about using AI, what that lie costs us, and how we fix it.

🔗 Read the Full Essay: Stop Pretending. Start Owning It.

A cultural deep dive into ego, hypocrisy, and the truth about AI’s role in creativity.

If you care about the future of writing, honesty in media, or what it means to create in a world where machines are now part of the process — you’ll want to read it.

Because the real threat to creativity isn’t AI.
It’s ego.
And it’s time we called that out.