to be human
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Last published Wed, Nov 12, 2025
phan // futuristic au. robot!phil. cyborg!rebel!dan
the world isn't what it used to be: artificial intelligence is advancing by the second & is on the brink of making the human population futile. dan's one of the few people who have noticed this looming danger & are trying to stop it. success seems like an extremely uphill climb- that is, until he meets a perfect example of heightened ai from the other team, named phil. dan has a theory about him- a theory that might save or ruin all of humanity. but sometimes a risk is worth taking, right?
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