(By help I mean just help, not write an entire sloppy article.)
The main one is to set reader expectations that any errors are entirely my own, and that I spent time reviewing the details of the work. The disclosure seemed to me a concise way to do that -- my intention was not any form of anti-AI virtue signaling.
The other reason is that I may use AI for some of my future work, and as a reader, I would prefer a disclosure about that. So I figured if I'm going to disclose using it, I might as well disclose not using it.
I linked to other thoughts on AI just in case others are interested in what I have to say. I don't stand to gain anything from what I write, and I don't even have analytics to tell me more people are viewing it.
All in all, I was just trying to be transparent, and share my work.
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I like it!
But, here it does serve a purpose beyond hinting at the author's ideological stance.
Nowadays, a lot of readers will wonder how much of your work is AI assisted. Their eyes will be drawn to the AI Use Disclosure, which will answer their question.