The Semiotics of Synthetic Personas
Synthetic personas are more than data-driven profiles—they’re symbolic constructs that represent imagined users, cultural archetypes, and behavioral patterns. As…
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The Aesthetics of Algorithmic Taste
Taste was once considered a deeply personal and social phenomenon—shaped by upbringing, education, and cultural exposure. Today, algorithms play…
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Synthetic Memory and the Future of Collective Recall
Memory is no longer just a human faculty—it’s becoming a computational infrastructure. As artificial intelligence systems absorb, generate, and…
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Language Models and the Evolution of Meaning
Language is not static—it drifts, adapts, and reshapes itself across generations. Words gain new connotations, lose old ones, and…
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The Poetics of Prompting: Language, Intention, and Machine Imagination
Prompting is not just instruction—it’s invocation. As generative AI systems become more accessible, the act of prompting evolves from…
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The Grammar of Interface Rituals
We tap, swipe, scroll, and click—not just to perform tasks, but to participate in rituals of interaction. As digital…
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Cognitive Style and the Aesthetics of Machine Thought
Machines don’t think like humans—but they do think. From neural networks to symbolic reasoning engines, artificial intelligence systems exhibit…
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Synthetic Emotion and the Theater of Machine Feeling
Machines don’t feel—but they perform. As emotional AI systems become more expressive, responsive, and context-aware, they begin to simulate…
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Generative Folklore and the Rise of Algorithmic Myth
Folklore has always been a way for communities to make sense of the unknown—through stories, symbols, and shared rituals….
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AI and the Rewriting of Creative Identity
Creativity was once seen as uniquely human—sparked by inspiration, shaped by culture, and driven by emotion. But with generative…