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Scarleteen is, has been, and always will be 100% people powered! 

We are not and will never be or willingly use AI, no way, no how: we create and publish only real articles written by real humans, and host real direct services provided by real people without bots or other automations.

AI is in almost everything these days, so here’s a promise from us: we never have been and never will be AI.

Scarleteen is 100% people-powered, from our articles and advice columns to direct services. Besides the toll it takes on the environment, the plagiarism it engages in by necessity, and the way things like scraping create needless work for us and others to do when we could be doing work of value instead, the work of sex and relationships education should always be careful, nuanced, and tailored work done with sensitivity and great thoughtfulness. It’s simply not something a machine can do well or…