CAPSLOCK is built in the open, and AI is in the loop — drafting words, generating art, shaping systems, even parts of this site. That's not a disclaimer to bury at the bottom. It's how the work happens. So here's how we use these tools, and where the line stays human.

people hold the pen

AI drafts, accelerates, and proposes. It never gets the final say. Authorship and accountability rest with us — everything ships because a person read it, judged it, and chose it. The direction comes from our own questions, not the model's.

two-lane flow, a person above and ai below. first, our own questions set the direction, not the model. then ai drafts, accelerates and proposes, but never gets the final say. then a person reads, judges and chooses, and only then does it ship. authorship and accountability rest with us
fig. the direction starts with our questions; ai drafts in the middle, and a person reads, judges and chooses before anything ships

assume it's in the work

We don't treat AI as an exception to flag on every line. Assume it touched most of what we make — research, prototypes, words, images. We disclose where attribution actually affects trust or authorship, not as theater. On this site specifically: the writing is ours, with AI as editor and sparring partner; the cover art and figures are generated, then curated by hand.

your data stays yours

We don't feed sensitive client, team, or personal data into AI tools without consent and a clear understanding of where it goes. This follows El Salvador's data-protection law — Decreto 144 (2024): consent first, your rights to access, correct, and delete, and care with how data moves. Privacy is the default, not a setting you have to find.

decision flow: sensitive client, team or personal data meets two checks. is there consent? if not, it doesn’t go in. is it clear where it goes? if not, it doesn’t go in. only with both does it go into an ai tool. privacy is the default. underneath, el salvador’s data-protection law, decreto 144 of 2024: consent first, your rights to access, correct and delete, and care with how data moves
fig. sensitive data reaches an ai tool only with consent and a clear idea of where it goes; otherwise it stays out

originality is a human add

Generated assets get human curation, editing, and intent before they count as ours. We avoid outputs that copy or imitate copyrighted or culturally specific work without understanding where it came from. AI output is raw material — not the finished thing.

flow: generated output starts as raw material. a check: does it copy or imitate copyrighted or culturally specific work without us understanding where it came from? if yes, we avoid it. if not, a person adds curation, editing and intent, and only then does it count as ours. on this site, the writing is ours with ai as editor and sparring partner, and the cover art and figures are generated, then curated by hand
fig. generated output is raw material; it counts as ours only after a person curates, edits and gives it intent

aligned with el salvador's ai law

CAPSLOCK is a Salvadoran company — CAPSLOCK S.A.S. de C.V. — and we build under El Salvador's AI law, Decreto 234 (2025), and its principles: transparency, equity and non-discrimination, security, and privacy. We hold our use of these tools to that standard, alongside the country's broader push to build technology responsibly.

we won't delegate curiosity

AI is fast at answers. It's no substitute for the harder questions — what's worth building, who it's for, what it might break. Those stay ours. The tools assist the journey; the direction is human.

This isn't a fixed rulebook. As the tools and the law change, so does this page. Drafted with AI, edited by hand — June 2026.