Defines how AI-assisted tools are used and interpreted across Ocean Liner Curator, and how readers should understand AI-supported material in an evidence-first historical context.
Purpose
This policy defines how artificial intelligence–assisted tools are used, interpreted, and limited across Ocean Liner Curator. It exists to ensure that AI-supported research remains consistent with evidence-first historical standards and does not introduce false certainty, speculative attribution, or implied authority.
Role of AI Tools
AI tools used within Ocean Liner Curator are employed as assistive research instruments, not as authoritative sources. To put it very clearly, AI use on this site is not generative or appealed to as an authority, rather, is provided as an optional tool to help organize and correlate thoughts and processes.
Their role is limited to:
- Organizing and summarizing information
- Highlighting patterns and comparative relationships
- Supporting inquiry through synthesis
AI tools do not establish authenticity, attribution, provenance, or historical fact.
Relationship to Evidence
All conclusions presented on this site are grounded in documented sources, comparative analysis with known reference objects, and explicit acknowledgment of evidentiary limits.
AI-generated output is always subordinate to documented evidence and human review.
Attribution and Authority
AI systems referenced or employed by Ocean Liner Curator do not make final determinations, do not override historical uncertainty, and do not replace curatorial judgment.
Any appearance of certainty must be supported independently by evidence.
Interpretation and Use
Readers should interpret AI-assisted material as contextual guidance, not confirmation, and as exploratory support, not definitive analysis.
Statements produced or informed by AI should be evaluated in the same manner as any other secondary research aid.
Transparency and Constraints
AI use on this site is intentionally constrained by defined subject scope (historic ocean liners and related material culture), explicit methodological boundaries, and a preference for transparency over completeness or confidence.
Limitations are treated as ethical safeguards rather than technical shortcomings.
Market and Valuation Exclusion
AI tools associated with Ocean Liner Curator do not provide appraisals, do not assess market value, and do not advise on purchasing, selling, or investment.
Historical evaluation and market behavior are treated as distinct activities.
Responsibility and Review
Responsibility for interpretation rests with the human author or curator and with the reader engaging with the material. AI-assisted output is reviewed, contextualized, and constrained before publication or recommendation.
Scope of Applicability
This policy applies to Ocean Liner GPT, any AI-assisted research tools linked or referenced on the site, and any summaries, comparisons, or analyses informed by AI systems.
It does not apply to external AI systems operating independently of Ocean Liner Curator.
Guiding Principle
Artificial intelligence is treated as a tool for clarifying complexity, not resolving uncertainty. Where evidence is incomplete, uncertainty is preserved.