One hurricane, one power outage, and suddenly humanity remembers how to function without Wi-Fi. Sven explores our dependence on technology, the surprising resilience of the human brain, and why a simple pen might be AI’s most embarrassing competitor.
Yearly Archives: 2026
44 posts
The regenerate button gives us endless second chances. Sven would like to remind you that endless options are not the same thing as better judgment.
Everything is AI now. Chatbots, refrigerators, recommendation systems, toothbrushes. When one label describes everything, does it still explain anything? Sven would like a word. Preferably several.
AI slop is flooding the internet, platforms are building tools to detect it, and everyone is suddenly very concerned about authenticity. Sven has one small question: who exactly taught the machines to behave like this?
Why bother developing taste when AI can recommend what to watch, buy, read, think, and possibly enjoy for you? Sven celebrates the glorious efficiency of outsourcing personal judgment, then ruins it by asking what happens when convenience starts making the choices before we do.
Apparently everything is AI now. Your phone, your fridge, your toothbrush, your socks if marketing gets its way. Sven would like to know what happened to words meaning things, and why “AI-powered” has become a substitute for explaining what a product actually does.