From fc1f1c0c67d35fa5ef8782a44da2278955b9bb51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Wagoner <ewagoner@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:31:05 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Wordsmithing and tweaking scripts

---
 .claude/settings.local.json                        | 4 +++-
 content/posts/2026-01-13-ai-as-tool-not-creator.md | 6 +++---
 deploy                                             | 4 ++++
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.claude/settings.local.json b/.claude/settings.local.json
index 305fab3f..bad5255d 100644
--- a/.claude/settings.local.json
+++ b/.claude/settings.local.json
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
       "Bash(git commit:*)",
       "Bash(./deploy)",
       "Bash(mkdir:*)",
-      "Bash(chmod:*)"
+      "Bash(chmod:*)",
+      "Bash(ls:*)",
+      "Bash(pkill:*)"
     ],
     "deny": [],
     "ask": []
diff --git a/content/posts/2026-01-13-ai-as-tool-not-creator.md b/content/posts/2026-01-13-ai-as-tool-not-creator.md
index 6ee06731..6a791d75 100644
--- a/content/posts/2026-01-13-ai-as-tool-not-creator.md
+++ b/content/posts/2026-01-13-ai-as-tool-not-creator.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: "AI as Tool, Not Creator: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Front-Load the Thinking"
-date: 2026-01-13T12:00:00-05:00
+date: 2026-01-09T00:00:00-05:00
 description: The craft is in the decisions. The tool just handles the transcription.
 draft: false
 tags:
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ tags:
   - Writing
   - Technology
   - Philosophy
-lastmod: 2026-01-07T16:05:11.204Z
+lastmod: 2026-01-12T20:30:45.342Z
 ---
 
 _The craft is in the decisions. The tool just handles the transcription._
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ I'm not naive enough to think my choice of vendor solves the larger problems. Th
 
 So that's where I've landed. AI as tool, not creator. Front-load the thinking, hand off the transcription. Stay alert to where the ethical lines are, even when they're blurry.
 
-If I learn that even careful, front-loaded use still displaces working creators in ways I haven't seen, I'll have to reconsider. I'm not attached to being right about this. I'm attached to doing less harm than I would by ignoring the question entirely.
+New tools have always created disruption, this I know. But if the balance shifts in ways I haven't anticipated, if my careful approach turns out to violate ethical lines I thought I was respecting, I'll have to reconsider. I'm not attached to being right about this. I'm attached to doing less harm than I would by ignoring the question entirely.
 
 Other people will draw the lines differently, and I'm not here to tell them they're wrong. The technology is genuinely new, the implications are genuinely uncertain, and reasonable people can look at the same situation and come to different conclusions.
 
diff --git a/deploy b/deploy
index 5a091ec9..d6839fde 100755
--- a/deploy
+++ b/deploy
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ USER=admin
 HOST=social
 DIR=../../var/www/blog/www   # the directory where your web site files should go
 
+# Clean build directories to force full regeneration
+rm -rf public resources
+
+# Build site and index, then deploy
 hugo && pagefind --site public && rsync -avz --no-t --no-p --delete public/ ${HOST}:~/${DIR} # this will delete everything on the server that's not in the local public folder
 
 exit 0
\ No newline at end of file