Essays

English essays and adaptations by Martín Álvarez.

• Sensitivity is not an elective

  Published: May 29, 2026

  7 min read

  A defense of the humanities in the age of artificial intelligence: philosophy, art, music and literature as formation of judgment, sensitivity and a common world.

• AI did not kill the author

  Published: May 24, 2026

  10 min read

  An essay on Olga Tokarczuk, the AI controversy, the long novel, assisted authorship and the responsibility of writing with machines.

• The tool does not sign

  Published: May 13, 2026

  6 min read

  An essay on AI-assisted writing, authorship, editorial judgment and the laziness of discrediting a text by naming the tool used in its process.

• Jazz and AI look a lot alike

  Updated May 5, 2026, 16:12

  10 min read

  An essay on the closeness between jazz and artificial intelligence: composition, improvisation, rhythm, cadence, listening and generative excess.