Look, we worked hard on this stuff, so please don’t steal it, repost it without credit, or slap it on your mediocre AI project. That would be deeply uncool. Also, we see you, "inspiration collectors." Chill.

If you want to reference or share something, awesome. We love that for you. Just do it like a decent human with basic manners and a functional understanding of intellectual property. If you're unsure, ask first. We don’t bite. (Unless you scrape content. Then we bite and maybe send a hex.)

Unauthorized use of content may result in stern emails, existential disappointment, mysterious website glitches, or the sudden appearance of eerie voicemails from unknown numbers. You do not want to test the source of those.

Respecting creative work is cool, radical, and mildly heroic. Plus, your karma improves slightly every time you do and we are keeping track.

Also, for the record:

• No, you can't use this for your startup pitch deck.

• No, we don't want our blog posts rewritten by ChatGPT and passed off as your newsletter.

• No, you may not repost entire entries on your monetized blog titled "Interesting Internet Things I Found While Not Creating Anything Myself."

This isn't just legal-speak. It's a spell of protection for ideas, for effort, for the hours spent staring at a blinking cursor trying to figure out if 'haunted' is too much or not enough.

So go forth. Be inspired. Make your own weird things. But do it with your own brain. It's way more satisfying, trust us.

Still confused? Here's a summary: Credit = cool. Theft = cursed. Consent = sexy. That’s the vibe here.

We do have an LLC — Default Theory, LLC with a DBA for Default Effect Consulting. So we have some street cred.

Thanks for coming to our TED Talk/lawyerless manifesto.

Listen…we’re not 100% anti-AI. My dude, come on. There are limits. Ethically most people who use Gen AI are acting committing crimes against creativity.

AI shouldn't be used to launder someone else’s creative work through a predictive filter and then pretend it's brand new.

It’s a tool, not a substitute, and certainly not a get-out-of-effort-free card. What we make requires intention, time, and a fair amount of unraveling (mental and otherwise).

We’re here for innovation, not intellectual looting.

Default Theory, LLC