Feb 1
Is VerifiedHuman for me? An honest answer.
We’re not here to convince you that human creativity is better than AI.
The journal
A human point of view.
Essays, questions, and conversations about what it means to make things—and why it still matters.
Dec 12, 2025
VerifiedHuman Goes Global: Human Creativity Standard Reaches Creators Across 25+ Countries
We've expanded to creators and organizations across 25+ countries on six continents—artists, writers, musicians, voice actors, and educators who certify their work as authentically human.
Nov 24, 2025
The Tower of Babel and AI: Ancient Stories Echo in Modern Technology
As the story goes, humans learned to speak one common language and developed brick technology (no more stacking odd-shaped rocks). They attempted to build a tower (a.k.a. Ziggurat) to the sky at a site about 60 miles…
Sep 14, 2025
AI Is Making Creativity Easy. Too Easy. Here's Why Human Work Will Endure.
A photographer I know who's shot the Kardashians, Taylor Swift, and President Obama emailed me:
Aug 16, 2025
Why I Wrote Human Is the New Vinyl
In the last two years, AI has catapulted from a marginal storyline into the headspace of public consciousness. ChatGPT, Claude, Midjourney, and DALL-E have become platforms mentioned in daily conversations by creators…
Jul 6, 2025
AI Isn't Evil. It's Easy.
AI is transforming the way we write, create, teach, and share ideas.
Feb 5, 2025
Why the Best Teachers Can't Be Replaced by AI: Lessons from a Potter's Wheel
In the spring of 1990, I was a mopey sixteen-year-old recovering from unrequited love. Seeking solace, I found myself on the art room balcony of my favorite teacher, Dave French, at Faith Academy in the Philippines. If…
Jan 24, 2025
Remember When Art Used to Be Human? Lady Jane to AI Jank
The scene shows a dimly lit execution chamber, medieval and humble. Blindfolded and dressed in brilliant white silk, Lady Jane reaches out helplessly to get her bearings. Her gown plays with light, its folds and shadows…
Aug 29, 2024
From 8-Bit to AI: A Generation’s Wild Ride Through the Digital Revolution
If you were born in the US in the mid-1970s, computer technology coincides with your educational journey in an exciting way. Early interactions with consumer-grade computers are indelibly imprinted on my memory. As an…
Aug 6, 2024
Vinyl’s Comeback: A Lesson for Human Creativity in the AI Age
If you give me a heartfelt poem written by a ten-year-old kid from Michigan and a perfect sonnet written by an artificial intelligence (AI) model, I’ll take Michigan every time.
Jul 31, 2024
Clickbait, Cloud Computing, and Vinyl: How We Lost and Found Ourselves in the Digital Age
The digital revolution has transformed our world in ways we could scarcely have imagined just a few decades ago. If you were born in the US in the mid-1970s, your educational journey coincides with the rise of…
Jul 1, 2024
The Year AI Got Famous. But Human Authenticity Wins.
In the spring of 2023, AI erupted onto the world scene with the force of a supernova through the release of ChatGPT. It cast a dazzling light of possibility but also ominous shadows about the future.
Jun 19, 2024
ARE WE SURPRISED? | AI is Putting the Hurt on Creative Arts
Last fall, two datasticians, one from NYU and one from Washington U, recently published hard numbers in the SSRN repository (to add to work already compiled by some at Harvard and Boston Consulting) on the negative…
Jun 19, 2024
Vinyl’s comeback signals humans’ comeback in the AI era.
It was 1985, and I was a wide-eyed ten-year-old eagerly unwrapping my first Sony Walkman on Christmas morning. As I positioned the orange padded earmuff-style headphones over my ears, I didn’t realize that this simple…
Jun 19, 2024
Vinyl’s unlikely revival > digital age. humans’ impending revival > AI age.
Welcome, new friends. I am Micah Voraritskul, a hopeless generalist and passionate advocate for authentic human creativity in an AI-driven era.
Jun 15, 2024
BABEL, GOD OF WORDS, AND LLMS | The Convergence of Language: AI, Babel, and the Divine Discourse
1. AI and the Anti-Babel Phenomenon: The proliferation of AI technology, particularly large language models, is akin to an “anti-Babel” scenario where various silos of AI development come together under a common…
Feb 23, 2024
Gemini vs ChatGPT - it's not even close.
Google's December 2023 release of Gemini was a heralded event since Google's brand recognition for big data is unmatched. The industry's leading platform for writing, up until the time, was ChatGPT 4 (released March…
Jan 29, 2024
#35 | BEYOND INSTINCT: Traversing Self-Preservation, Historical Wisdom, and AI
Self-Preservation's Dynamic Nature: Klaus portrays self-preservation as not just a survival instinct but also a means to impart wisdom across generations. Despite facing challenges, it uniquely adapts through curiosity…
Jan 24, 2024
#34 | ARISTOTLE'S LEGACY IN THE ERA OF AI: A Reassessment of Expertise & Experience
Experiential Learning vs. AI: Klaus illustrates the value of hands-on learning through Aristotle's teaching methods, emphasizing the depth of understanding it brings, in contrast to the superficial knowledge often…
Jan 13, 2024
A Dialogue on Faith, Reality, and the Human Condition
From Klaus Luehning: Micah, Faith, as I have written, is a practice removed from reality. Still, it is part of the mental life of people who have conscientiously held that what other people have written/expounded is…
Dec 28, 2023
#33 | DISCONNECTED BY CONNECTION: The Paradox of AI in the Age of Loneliness
AI's Impact on Human Autonomy and Labor : Klaus raises concerns about how AI might sideline human efforts in managing our personal lives, offering relief from labor but potentially leading to a sense of uselessness,…