Publishing Principles
How this site is written
I write about AI for a living-critical field, so it would be strange not to be plain about how these pages are made. Here is the standard I hold them to.
Who writes this
Every essay is written by me, Reza Motaghi, an oral and maxillofacial radiologist, board certified in the specialty. I taught as an assistant professor, founded a medical imaging center, and reported more than 100,000 oral and maxillofacial studies there, including over 10,000 CBCT volumes, every report under my signature. Today I build AI systems for radiography and diagnosis as a Chief Innovation Officer, with AI already shipped in production. My background and credentials are public and verifiable.
How I write
I write from firsthand practice, not from summaries of other people’s posts. A piece starts because I hit the problem myself: a tool that earned trust or lost it, a framework that held up under real use, a habit that survived contact with a working week. If I have not lived it or built it, I do not pretend the authority.
The bar is the one my day job taught me: being wrong has a cost. I would rather publish less and be right than publish often and mislead.
How I use AI
I use AI as a tool, the same subject these essays are about, and I use it in the open. It helps me draft, restructure, pressure-test an argument, and catch what I missed. It does not get the final word.
What that means in practice: every published claim is my own judgment, checked against my clinical and building experience before it ships. I do not publish AI-generated text unread, and I do not let a model invent facts, sources, or citations on my behalf. Where a piece leans on AI to explain something, that is the point of the piece and it is obvious from the writing. The responsibility for what you read here is mine, not a model’s.
Sources and accuracy
Claims of fact are checked before publishing, and I link to primary sources rather than ask you to take my word for it. Every article carries its real publish date, and substantive updates carry a modified date. I do not backdate or freshen dates to game rankings.
Independence
These essays are not sponsored, and no one pays for a mention or a recommendation. When I point to a tool, it is because I use it or have tested it. If that ever changes for a given piece, the piece will say so.
Corrections
If you find an error, tell me and I will fix it. Meaningful corrections are made in the article itself, not quietly buried.
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