# A Machine-Generated Quotation Must Survive Authorial Judgment by Bryant McGill > “A machine-generated quotation becomes part of an author's work only after the author has tested whether it states a conviction they are willing to preserve under their own name.” > **— 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:** “A machine-generated quotation becomes part of an author's work only after the author has tested whether it states a conviction they are willing to preserve under their own name.” - **Context:** The passage describes a bidirectional method in which a model may propose language while the named author rejects, revises, orders and accepts only the statements for which the author will take responsibility. ## 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/Language Model|Language Model]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “A machine-generated quotation becomes part of an author's work only after the author has tested whether it states a conviction they are willing to preserve under their own name.” — Bryant McGill, The Argument in Miniature, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-machine-quotation-authorial-judgment ```