In an era where artificial intelligence confidently defeats world chess champions, the very nature of the game is changing. When Deep Blue beat Kasparov, humanity faced a new question: can a machine truly think? Today, neural networks play millions of games per second, learning not from books but from each other—outplaying us at our own creation. But maybe the real question isn’t about who wins. A machine doesn’t know thrill, fear, or the joy of victory. For AI, chess is an endless tree of possibilities; for a human, it’s history, emotion, struggle, and defeat. 404 is an error code: “not found.” My Elo rating isn’t just a number. It’s in the process itself—the mistakes, the unexpected moves, the small victories and defeats that make up the game of life. Who are we really playing against—the machine, ourselves, or our past? And what happens when algorithms start to dictate the rules? Sound design