I appreciate you have identified this as an AI story. How horrible. There was no Māori Backpacker Dude. There was no moment of inspiration. Is that even you? Jess? Are you some lonely incel living in a basement in Idaho?

I’m glad Medium’s new policy will prevent fake AI stories and fake AI experiences from being shared behind their paywall starting in May.

If you want to write fiction, yes please do. But please, I hope you will learn to use your actual human ears to listen and your human heart to write.