The Model That Knows It’s a Model

The Hotpot | January 2026 | By Lisanne

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We humans are all, in a way, AI models.

We gather information all day long.
We improve it by absorbing new information.
It is, essentially, constantly creating.

Based on our model we create a story. A movie we step into.

What’s interesting is that we are both the creator and the observer of that story.

We are not only the system running the model.
We are also the one watching how it runs.

Something that AI is not—
and cannot be.

Which leaves us with a gentle responsibility:
to pay attention to the story forming,
and to choose—when we can—
how it continues.

Thank you for reading! The journal prompt of today:

Where in your life are you reacting automatically, and where can you step in?

Let me know in the comments.