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Covers “Platform Realism”. AI Image Synthesis and the Rise of Generic Visual ContentCovered by thoughtshrapnel.com, SpeedysnailDiscussed on Substack

And yet the video works: as fantasy object, scam bait, meme material, AI curiosity, and disposable entertainment all at once. As Jason Koebler put it, audiences are being trained to value vibes over facts (Koebler, 2024). Compare Tom and my piece on Thirst Trap Propaganda (Bösch & Divon, 2026).

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New genres are emerging that exploit cognitive and moral resources in ways that did not have technological pathways before

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Covered in 2 articles

New genres are emerging that exploit cognitive and moral resources in ways that did not have technological pathways before

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