2031 — Part 4: The Number
Apr 06, 2026 · 6 min read
Kai runs an audit tool. The number comes back: $340/day in extraction. $124,000 over a working lifetime. Nothing illegal happened. That's the problem.
Posts tagged: fiction
2031 — Part 3: Wanting Things
Mar 30, 2026 · 6 min read
A year in. Kai's agent has been surfacing the same laptop for weeks. The preference feels personal. But who actually formed it? The emergence of Agent Engine Optimization (AEO).
2031 — Part 2: The Drift
Mar 22, 2026 · 5 min read
Six months in, Kai's agent has a personality now. Then a restaurant gets recommended to two people with different agents. Probably just popular. These things happen.
2031 — Part 1: Everything Works
Mar 17, 2026 · 5 min read
A morning in 2031. Kai's agent handles everything — groceries, commute, dentist, insurance. It all feels like magic. They saved $43. They don't know what wasn't saved.