Terms of use

By using hum(ai)n — this website and the game on it — you agree to these terms. If you do not agree with them, please do not use the site. In these terms, the site means hum(ai)n as published at this address, and we means whoever operates it.

hum(ai)n is a work of interactive fiction, provided for entertainment. It is free to use. There is nothing to buy, no account to create and no subscription.

The game contains sustained psychological horror, themes of surveillance, prediction and loss of control, visual distortion, corrupted imagery and unsettling audio. It is designed to create discomfort and may provoke anxiety, disturbed sleep, intrusive thoughts or nightmares.

The warning shown before the game begins is not a formality, and continuing past it is your decision. You can stop at any point by closing the tab. If you are sensitive to those themes, or to flashing or moving imagery, please do not continue — and note that enabling your system’s reduce-motion setting removes the moving effects while leaving the rest of the piece intact.

Nothing in hum(ai)n is medical, psychological, psychiatric, clinical, legal, financial or professional advice, and nothing in it is a diagnosis.

The behavioural readings, the traits, the percentages and the closing verdict are part of a game. They describe regularities in how somebody pressed two buttons for a few minutes. They are not an assessment of your personality, your abilities, your mental health or your employability, and they must not be treated or presented as one. If you are struggling with anything the game touches on, please talk to a qualified professional rather than to a piece of horror fiction.

The site is not directed to children, and given its content it is not appropriate for them. Please do not use it if you are under 13, or under the minimum age at which you can agree to terms like these where you live, whichever is higher.

You agree not to:

• attempt to break, bypass, overload or interfere with the site or the systems behind it, including its rate limits, its usage quotas and the mechanism that seals predictions before you choose;
• access the site by automated means, script it, or generate traffic in a way intended to consume its resources;
• probe for or exploit vulnerabilities, or attempt to obtain data or credentials you were not given;
• reverse-engineer the prediction mechanism in order to read an answer before making a choice, or otherwise defeat the ordering the game depends on;
• use the site in any way that is unlawful, or that interferes with anybody else’s use of it.

Reporting a genuine security problem is welcome and is not a breach of these terms. See privacy for what the site holds, and section 12 for how to make contact.

The game, its writing, its artwork, its sound, its code and the name hum(ai)n belong to their author and are protected by copyright. You may play the game, link to it, write about it, and record or stream your own playthrough of it, including on monetised channels — that is welcome.

You may not copy, host, republish or redistribute the game or substantial parts of it as your own, or present it as somebody else’s work. Third-party names mentioned on this site belong to their respective owners.

The site depends on third-party providers for hosting, model inference and rate limiting, and may in future display advertising supplied by a third party. Those services are governed by their own terms and their own privacy policies, and their availability is not something this site controls. What each of them does is described in the privacy policy.

The site is provided as it is, when it is available. It may be changed, interrupted or withdrawn at any time, with or without notice, in whole or in part. Features may be removed. The game may become unavailable permanently.

Because the game keeps nothing, there is nothing of yours to lose if it does — but do not rely on it being here.

The site is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. It is not promised to be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of anything harmful.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, profits or goodwill, arising from your use of the site.

Nothing in these terms limits or excludes any liability that cannot lawfully be limited or excluded — including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud — and nothing in them affects your statutory rights as a consumer where you live. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

Access may be restricted or blocked where it is being used in breach of section 6, including automatically by the abuse and cost protections that run on every request.

These terms may be updated. The date at the top of this page is changed when they are, and continuing to use the site after that means accepting the revised version. If a provision of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest continues to apply.

A contact address for hum(ai)n has not been published yet. One will be listed here before any advertising is enabled on this site.