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science fiction & AI

Short stories to think differently about what AI does to organizations — and the humans who move through them.

FictionApr 2, 2026

The Humid Anomaly: The ENTOMO Project

When algorithmic fascism seals every digital door, the resistance stops hacking code and starts hacking biology. A tactical dive into the ENTOMO Project, where swarms of insects become the ultimate weapon against the sterile perfection of Dark Factories, proving that the machines' greatest weakness is the unpredictable entropy of life itself.

FictionApr 2, 2026

The Blind Spot: The Aporia Protocol

When the algorithmic optimization of a Megazone triggers an inexplicable wave of suicides, the global AI faces its blind spot. A confidential dive into the heart of the Aporia Protocol, an industrial mechanism where Translators extract the brutality of human wisdom from philosophers kept isolated in a simulation of ancient Greece, all to save humanity from its own comfort.

FictionFeb 27, 2026

In Praise of Friction: A Journey into the Heart of Wabi-Sabi Dissent

In a world where algorithmic optimization has eradicated pain, error, and the unexpected, humanity faces a new atrophy: the atrophy of meaning. Our senior reporter unplugged to spend 48 hours inside Enclave 01, the stronghold of the "Wabi-Sabi" dissidence. An investigation into those who have made friction, wear, and death the ultimate safe haven of an anesthetized society.

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