Responsible AI Use Policy
This statement describes Pawsome Park and Lodge’s current approach to AI-assisted content. It is guidance, not a contractual promise or guarantee about every project, and is not intended to create additional legal duties or enforceable rights. Practices may evolve with technology, community feedback, and business needs.
We believe technology is needed to stay competitive and to serve the public and our members. It should not, however, erase the value of human creativity, craftsmanship, or community connection. Local artists, designers, makers, photographers, writers, performers, and other creative professionals help make Everett a more vibrant place to live, work, and gather.
Our commitment is straightforward: AI may assist our work, but it does not replace our commitment to people.
Where We Prioritize Human Creators
We prioritize human artists and creative professionals when the work is central to our physical space, brand identity, community programming, or storytelling. This includes:
Murals, installations, and prominent art displayed in our facilities.
Photography, video, design, illustration, copywriting, and branding where a human creator's distinctive voice is central to the project.
Community events, public art, arts programming, and artist-led workshops.
Projects that represent Everett, local people, real events, or the culture of our community.
Commissions, collaborations, and long-term creative partnerships.
How We May Use AI
Internal brainstorming, research, outlining, drafting, editing, and administrative efficiency.
Business items that need a quick turnaround, where human work may not be possible.
Early-stage creative concepts and visual explorations.
Certain promotional graphics, video concepts, or experimental social media content, including content where AI is the best fit.
Translation, accessibility support, organization, and operational planning.
Customer service and workflow tools that help our team respond efficiently and consistently.
Our Commitment to Human Creativity
We will continue to seek opportunities to commission, compensate, and credit human artists and creative professionals.
We will not intentionally ask AI tools to imitate the recognizable style of a living artist without that person's express permission.
We will not present AI-generated imagery as a photograph of a real event, a real person, or a commissioned human-created artwork when it is not.
We will make reasonable disclosures when AI plays a material role in public-facing content and disclosure helps audiences understand the nature of the work.
We will respect contracts, licenses, copyright, trademark rights, privacy rights, and the rights of artists and collaborators.
We will seek written agreements for commissioned work that clearly address compensation, ownership, display rights, attribution, reproduction rights, and any use in marketing.
We will review this policy as technology, laws, community standards, and our own practices evolve.
Questions and Feedback
We welcome respectful questions and feedback about this policy. As a member community, we give our active members' views priority, and we also consider the views of Everett residents.