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AI transparency

arqix is an early solo open-source project. AI tooling is used deliberately and openly throughout its development. This document explains how, and where the boundaries are.

How AI is used

  • Brainstorming and framing. Early thinking about what arqix should be, what problem it addresses, and how to frame it clearly involved AI as a thinking partner. The resulting ideas were evaluated and reshaped by the human author.
  • Structuring documents. Outlines, section structures, and document templates were developed with AI assistance. The author reviewed and revised each one before accepting it.
  • Drafting. Some prose in this documentation started as AI-generated drafts. These were edited, sometimes heavily, to reflect the author's actual intent and voice.
  • Coding support. Rust code in this project may be written, reviewed, or improved with AI assistance. The author reviews all generated code before committing it.

Where human responsibility remains

  • Design decisions. What arqix is, what it is not, what gets built and in what order are human decisions. AI does not set the direction.
  • Review and acceptance. No AI-generated content or code goes into the repository without human review. The author is responsible for everything committed.
  • Technical correctness. AI assistants make mistakes. The author is responsible for testing, validating, and correcting code and documentation.
  • Editorial voice. The goal is for arqix documentation to be honest, grounded, and non-hyped. When AI drafts drift toward marketing language or vague enthusiasm, that gets edited out.

Why document this?

Because AI tooling in software projects is becoming normal, and pretending otherwise would be dishonest. At the same time, "AI-generated" is not a quality standard on its own — it can be good or poor depending on how it is used and reviewed.

This document exists to be clear about the reality: AI is a tool here, used deliberately, with the author remaining responsible for the result.

What this document does not cover

This is not a policy document for contributors (there are no contributors yet). If the project grows to that point, contribution guidelines will address AI use explicitly.