# Authorship Survives Delegation Through Judgment and Accountability by Bryant McGill > “Authorship survives delegation when the author remains the source of the constraints, the judge of the variations, and the person answerable for the result.” > **— 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 wording:** “Authorship survives delegation when the author remains the source of the constraints, the judge of the variations, and the person answerable for the result.” - **Context:** The quotation defines authorship through originating constraints, evaluating alternatives and retaining accountability rather than through personally manufacturing every sentence. ## 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/Architectural Authorship|Architectural Authorship]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Authorship survives delegation when the author remains the source of the constraints, the judge of the variations, and the person answerable for the result.” — Bryant McGill, The Argument in Miniature, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-authorship-survives-delegation ```