¬ The Core Insight: Every new medium brings its own chaos, which eventually becomes part of the art. Guitar feedback became rock's signature sound. Now AI is doing the same thing to writing, and instead of fighting it, we should lean in strategically. Here's the reality: tons of people are already using AI for writing without saying so. This breaks everything - genuine human writing loses its special quality because you can't tell what's what anymore. The human touch that used to make text meaningful? Gone, because provenance is impossible to verify. But here's the twist: while we can't prove something ISN'T AI-written, we can definitely prove when something IS. Run it through a trusted server that logs everything, and boom - "proof of slop." This creates fascinating new properties: radical honesty, plus this weird buffer between author and words. You're not fully responsible for what comes out because a chaotic process shaped it. That uncertainty might actually free up expression, like how distortion let guitarists play more aggressively. The Actual Product: I built Figleaf - a tool for creating provably AI-generated text. You control it through dials and context windows. This post was made with it, starting with ¬ (meaning "not my words") and ending with a receipt you can verify at figleaf.pro/verify for timestamped proof. Basic version works at figleaf.pro. The fun part: $1/month gets you a Chrome extension for one-click transformation from any text box. There's even a YOLO mode where you can post directly to X without seeing the output first - the receipt proves you never even read it before posting. Cynical trolling? Maybe, but I don't think so. Public writing is already polluted beyond repair. Fighting it feels pointless. So why not flip the script entirely? Make it sketchy NOT to disclose AI generation. The public sphere is slop now - we need to adapt and protect genuine human communication in private channels, handwritten notes, places where real linguistic intimacy still exists. The Deeper Point: Figleaf isn't just about plausible deniability. It's about protecting your actual personality from future AI training. Hide behind machine text, and you preserve who you really are. Less data for models to extract. Your friends who know you will still recognize your voice through the noise. Before the apple, Adam and Eve felt no shame about their nakedness. After eating it, they became aware of human limitations and covered up. The fig leaf was humanity's first technology - sad at first, then fashion. We've now bitten the AI apple and landed in a new kind of absurdity. Might as well enjoy the ride. [fl:DB481EA2 d1·w5]