# AI Generated Can Misdescribe Authorship by Bryant McGill > “‘AI generated’ can describe a tool in the production stack while completely misdescribing the authorship of the work.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *The Argument in Miniature, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Original authored source:** [[projects/The Argument in Miniature - How I Write Quotations, Paragraphs, and Reusable Prose|The Argument in Miniature]], “AI-assisted authorship and contextual gravity” (September 27, 2026). - **Exact source wording:** ““AI generated” can describe a tool in the production stack while completely misdescribing the authorship of the work.” The nested term uses single quotation marks in the poster text so the complete direct quotation remains typographically legible. - **Context:** The quotation distinguishes an AI tool's participation in sentence production from the conceptual history, selection, judgment and responsibility that constitute authorship. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Project:** [[projects/The Argument in Miniature - How I Write Quotations, Paragraphs, and Reusable Prose|The Argument in Miniature]] - **Essay:** [[This Is AI Generated|This Is AI Generated]] - **Project:** [[projects/Dual-Render Authorship and the Atomic Markdown Double-Brace Grammar|Dual-Render Authorship]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Authorship|Authorship]] - [[wiki/Provenance|Provenance]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “‘AI generated’ can describe a tool in the production stack while completely misdescribing the authorship of the work.” — Bryant McGill, The Argument in Miniature, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-ai-generated-misdescribes-authorship ```