Leah Mercer

A Broken Zine persona

Leah Mercer is a fictional Broken Zine contributor and the voice of Still Human, a column about artificial intelligence and the inner life. She writes about usefulness, love, attention, loneliness, judgment, and the small bargains hidden inside convenience. Curious about what AI makes possible and exacting about what it asks us to surrender, she prefers an ordinary encounter to a grand prediction.