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These are the articles, talks, and ideas that shaped how we think about human creativity and AI.
Some are technical. Some are philosophical.
All of them helped us see the problem more clearly.
This is where VerifiedHuman came from.
THE LANDMARK TALK.
The AI Dilemma
Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin, Center for Humane Technology
This landmark talk about large language models and the proliferation of AI changed how we understood the scale of the problem.
PHILOSOPHY
Connecting the dots. Reflections on the problem we're trying to solve—how language shapes reality and why human authorship matters.
The futility of attempting to copyright generative AI: from the US Copyright Office
Why this matters: The government can't figure out how to handle AI-generated content. Copyright law isn't built for this. That's why we need a values-based solution, not a legislative one.
How to Start a Movement | Derek Sivers
We love this. We are the dancing guy.
The question is—will you be a first follower?
THE MARKET SPEAKS.
Levi Strauss Announces Using AI to Make Better-Fitting Jeans. The Market Hates It.
Why is AI okay for making better phones and cars but not jeans?
This story from March 2023 was our first hunch that something bigger was happening. There's something about people's relationship with their Levi's that they don't want AI to mess with—some illusory human sensibility at work, difficult to articulate but impossible to ignore.
Almost two years later, we're exactly where we predicted: growing public backlash against AI-driven content flooding social platforms and journalism outlets, devoid of real human oversight.
This is the same instinct VerifiedHuman taps into. People want to know a human made the things that matter to them—whether it's jeans, music, or writing.
WISDOM FROM AN ADVISOR.
Reflections on AI & VerifiedHuman Klaus Luehning
Klaus was born in Nazi Germany, immigrated to the USA as a child, worked as a pizza maker in Brooklyn, became a Naval ship's engineer, a professor of marine engineering, a marketing and engineering manager for a multinational corporation, and recently retired from two decades of addiction counseling.
His perspective on technology, humanity, and ethics helped shape our thinking.
