Third, the tragedy. Saifi wrote a final Instagram caption dated November 14, 2019: "The light is fading. But what a beautiful light it was." He then created a memorial page. A dozen fake mourners left comments. "Gone too soon." "You taught me how to see."
He had built a profile. But somewhere in the endless, hungry machine of the internet, he had accidentally built a door. profile creator by saifi
Saifi’s hands shook as he clicked on the profile. The 47 friends were now 52. Four new people had joined—real accounts, with real photos, real jobs. One was a woman named Naina Mehra. Her cover photo was a grainy shot of a young man with a camera. The same man from Saifi’s AI-generated images. Third, the tragedy