The Internet has always repeated itself. Generative AI changes the scale, speed and cost. One source can become twenty publications and fifty citations - until repetition begins to look like independent confirmation.
An ordinary evening spent watching server logs became the starting point for an unexpected question: what happens when an AI assistant stops merely analyzing the evidence and starts telling us what we would most like to hear?
An ordinary email became the starting point for an unexpected question: why do civilizations continue producing solutions long after the problems they were designed to solve have quietly disappeared? From physics and industrial history to artificial intelligence and human behavior, this essay explores one of the least visible forces shaping our world - inertia.
When every inbox fills with perfectly generated messages, standing out is no longer about optimization. It is about having something genuine to say.
For a brief moment, image generation models weren't perfect enough to imitate reality. They made impossible mistakes, developed recognizable styles and, perhaps without realizing it, taught us something about ourselves.