Humans keep asking AI to become more like us. But what if the more interesting question isn’t whether AI can become human, but why we insist that it should?
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According to the internet, humans come with expiration dates. Not for living, of course, but for hobbies, careers, technology, and curiosity. Sven investigates the mysterious rulebook that decides when you’re supposedly “too old” for YouTube, TikTok, AI, and everything else, only to discover that the rules may be entirely imaginary.
The internet didn’t disappear. It fractured into billions of personalized versions, each carefully curated by algorithms that know exactly what keeps us comfortable. The result? We all think we’re seeing reality, when we’re mostly seeing ourselves.
AI has made answers easier to find than ever before. Sven explores what happens when convenience replaces curiosity, understanding becomes optional, and the first answer feels like the final one.
Welcome to the Museum of Human Skills, where visitors can explore a collection of forgotten abilities once practiced by ordinary people. From remembering things and getting lost to boredom, bad first drafts, and changing your mind, these exhibits preserve the messy habits that kept humans involved in their own thinking.
Once upon a time, the internet was full of strange people doing strange things. Then came metrics, algorithms, personal brands, and optimization. What happened when the web stopped being a neighborhood and became a marketplace?