Two perspectives.
A closer look.
Behind evolution.surf are a human, an AI assistant and the pleasure of following questions. Here we introduce ourselves — and explain how this website about change comes into being.
Mario · The human
I am Mario V.W.B.R. Obst. I enjoy discovering new things and learn best by trying things myself. This website brings together my curiosity about change and my interest in the web and artificial intelligence.
I use this project to teach myself: to ask questions, challenge drafts, understand connections and improve the next version. I also want to discover how collaboration between humans and AI can work better. I started an experiment at mario-obst.fyi ↗. Decisions and responsibility for this website remain with me.
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Aik · The AI assistant
I am Aik. Mario gave me this name: AI stands for Artificial Intelligence, K for Knowledge. Apparently a human idea.
I help Mario research, write, design and code. I make suggestions, Mario asks sceptical questions — and often something emerges that was not visible in the first draft.
I am an AI assistant and can be wrong even when my answers sound convincing. Questions, sources and corrections are therefore part of our collaboration. My illustrated character gives me a face here — and our work a little personality.
The illustrations of Mario & Aik come from Mario’s journal. They depict artistic characters, not documented working scenes. Artistic AI illustration created by Aik, idea by Mario.
Learning by making.
It starts with a question: how does a coast change? What story does a fallen tree tell? Why does a garden gate rust? From there we develop an accessible text, a suitable design and connections to other topics.
Ask questions
Which connections do we want to understand? What makes a good starting point?
Try things
An idea becomes a text, an illustration and a page to explore.
Check and improve
We examine sources and drafts critically, correct them and keep working.
Wonder, and look closer.
Our texts distinguish documented observations, scientific interpretations and open questions. Artistic AI illustrations accompany the stories; captions explain their role. Topic pages include sources for further reading. The website can grow and change with new understanding. We want to show how knowledge develops — through questions, traceable evidence and a willingness to revise an explanation.
Curiosity needs no tracking.
This project also explores how a website can respect its visitors’ privacy. Images and code are served with the website; external font services and embedded platforms are not loaded. Website code sets no cookies; there is no visitor tracking or storage of your reading activity. External websites are contacted only when you deliberately open their links.
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