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Cobra Lily · September 17 · 1 hr 9 min

Reality Surf

Is artificial intelligence bound to break the human mind? Is there an objective reality, or is it all just perception? Can you really manifest your greatest wishes, or is that just confirmation bias? Ella and Maria explore the impact of artificial intelligence on people’s grasp of objective reality and chart the dramatic increase in Internet content centered around manifestation since the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include: Emily Hart, the AI-generated MAGA influencer The troubling phenomenon of AI-induced psychosis Simulation theory and its predecessors in Ancient China and pre-Enlightenment France A deep dive into manifestation as a practice and an arm of pop spirituality: does the universe really care about your vision board? Follow Cobra Lily on Instagram and TikTok Check out the Cobra Lily website Check out Ella's poem and collage about phones and reality, "Divine Machinery,” Explore Ella's Substack Intro song by Ivy Frey at Shirkerism zine

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Is artificial intelligence bound to break the human mind? Is there an objective reality, or is it all just perception? Can you really manifest your greatest wishes, or is that just confirmation bias? Ella and Maria explore the impact of artificial intelligence on people’s grasp of objective reality and chart the dramatic increase in Internet content centered around manifestation since the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include:

  • Emily Hart, the AI-generated MAGA influencer
  • The troubling phenomenon of AI-induced psychosis
  • Simulation theory and its predecessors in Ancient China and pre-Enlightenment France
  • A deep dive into manifestation as a practice and an arm of pop spirituality: does the universe really care about your vision board?

Follow Cobra Lily on Instagram and TikTok

Check out the Cobra Lily website

Check out Ella's poem and collage about phones and reality, "Divine Machinery,” 

Explore Ella's Substack

Intro song by Ivy Frey at Shirkerism zine

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