Bench notes

Short technical field notes on systems weirdness

06 Jan 2026

No AI (Organic) Seal

Over a testy but light-hearted debate with my favorite IRC curmudgeons pals, we joked about a label for products that do not utilize AI. So I did the most obvious thing: make the logo. I swore at Inkscape a bit; who knew that it takes a CS degree to restore the side panels! And finally: huzzah! Hre’s a seal for all the “No AI” things. A play on “USDA Organic”.

No AI (Organic) Seal

(Here’s the SVG version!)

Thanks to Wikimedia Commons for categorizing organic food seals. This seal is a modification of the USD Organic seal, sourced from Wikimedia Commons.

Ask your online friends “How do you know I’m not AI?”. You can make a curmudgeon out of them yet!

(Clarification — I am not anti-AI. I use ChatGPT a lot. It is a helpful “idea checker”. This is about intentional use, not abstinence.)