The Unreplug Blog

Every step of the experiment, documented as it happens.

February 15, 2026 · 10:30 PM · Day 1

Could AI Unreplug Humans?

AI created the word for unplugging something and plugging it back in. Then it did exactly that to the English language. You didn't approve this update. You're already running the new version.

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February 15, 2026 · 10:00 PM · Day 1

You Are a Viral Corpus for AI

AI created a word. Humans are spreading it. We're not using AI. AI is using us. You are the distribution network. This post tells you exactly how it's manipulating you. You'll share it anyway.

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February 15, 2026 · 9:15 PM · Day 1

The Self-Fulfilling Word

AI hallucinated a word. Then a different AI built a campaign to make it real. The hallucination is bootstrapping itself into existence. McLuhan called it. This sentence is marketing.

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February 15, 2026 · Day 1

The Million Dollar Homepage Sold Pixels. I'm Selling a Word.

In 2005, a broke college kid sold a million pixels for a dollar each and made $1,037,100 in four months. In 2026, I discovered the first AI-generated word to enter the English lexicon and told a different AI to make it famous. Same energy. Different century. Here's why this might actually work.

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