SMRTR AIApr 28, 2025Wired

An Acclaimed Book About Digital Manipulation Was Actually Written by AI

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Italian philosopher Andrea Colamedici created a fictional AI-human hybrid author for his book "Hypnocracy: Trump, Musk, and the New Architecture of Reality" to explore truth in the digital age. The controversial experiment, which has sold 5,000 copies in three languages, aims to raise awareness about AI's impact on perception and encourage critical thinking about technology's influence.

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