Radio read newspapers aloud. TV filmed radio hosts. The web made digital brochures. Now AI writes like a human intern. Why does every new medium start by imitating the one it was supposed to replace?

For decades, one woman's face decided what "normal" skin looked like in every photograph on earth. The technology worked exactly as designed. That was the problem.

Everyone agrees the old model is dying. Nobody agrees on what kills it, what survives, or what comes next. Six people. Six different funerals. No consensus.

The first people join for the idea. Everyone after that joins for the people. At some point, nobody remembers the idea at all. A WhatsApp group you weren't invited to.