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Book the guy who
actually rowed back.

Sean McKendry built Only Humans Score — a live experiment in human-vs-AI judgment — end to end, by himself, while living closer to the edge than most guests you'll book. He's a fun talk and a real one. If you're producing a show, a segment, or a stage, this page has everything you need.

Book Sean — email first → Read the ethos

Booking is schedule-first: email lands the slot, then we talk. When we do: calls are recorded, and please — nothing during overnight Eastern hours. Texting/email beats a cold call every time.

The fast bio (copy-paste)

One-liner: Sean McKendry is the maker of Only Humans Score, a live experiment in what only humans can still judge in the age of AI.
Short: Sean McKendry built Only Humans Score — a party game and running experiment about human-vs-machine judgment — entirely on his own. A lifelong lake swimmer (he's training to "swim to the moon"), an Albion College Briton, and someone who's lived all the way down by the river and rowed back. He doesn't sell certainty; he runs the house on one rule: no lying.
Medium: Sean McKendry is a builder, writer, and one-man studio behind Only Humans Score, an instrument disguised as a game: it makes a room argue, out loud, about which calls a machine may make and which a human must keep. He built every piece of it himself — design, code, the writing, the law — while living on the margins he writes about. His throughlines: AI and human dignity, the loneliness epidemic and how connection actually heals it, surviving hard seasons, and debate done honestly. Not a guru, not for sale. Solve for human.

All of the above is true and self-reported; nothing here is invented. A headshot is available on request (we don't ship a stock face we can't stand behind — house rule).

Topics he's genuinely good on

🤖 AI & human dignity

Where the machine adds value and where a human must keep the pen — the literal architecture of the game. "The machine paints; only humans can score."

🛟 Surviving the river

Homelessness, SSDI/EBT, living in a car — and the unglamorous mechanics of rowing back. First-person, not a TED gloss.

🫂 The loneliness epidemic

Why connection — low-barrier, human, no hoops — is the actual cure, and how you build for it instead of harvesting it.

🗣️ Debate, done honestly

Steelman the other side; spot the fallacy; argue to find the truth, not to win the room. The anti-shouting-match.

🏊 Swim to the moon

Endurance, open water, and aspiration as a training plan — one mile closer, never stop.

🛠️ Building solo

Shipping a whole product alone, human-in-the-loop with AI, and crediting the tool honestly.

Soundbites (his own words — quote freely)

"The machine paints; only humans can score."

"Don't be bitter. Be best."

"Justice you can't afford isn't justice."

"I don't inflate. I triangulate."

"Bet on yourself — no net. That's not gambling; that's faith with a deadline."

"You are a soul, not a side hustle."

"Solve for human."

Quote them as Sean McKendry / Only Humans Score. They're his — take them.

Book it

Podcasts, radio, print, panels, stages — all welcome. Email lands the slot; we schedule from there.

Email to book → Consulting? Over here

Schedule-first, email-first. Calls recorded. No overnight-Eastern calls. He owns the recordings; the tool that helped build this site is credited honestly (see the ethos). Not for sale — bookable.