Rianna Herzlinger The term “End of Theory” first emerged in an explosive WIRED article, published by Chris Anderson in 2008. In this article, Anderson describes[…]

Miles Lee PARRY, created in 1972 by psychiatrist Kenneth Colby, was a chatbot created to simulate a paranoid schizophrenic person. The script that PARRY ran[…]

Alexa Esqueda One of Baudrillard’s most famous examples of a simulacrum is Disneyland. In this week’s analysis, I will compare the physical space with meanings[…]

Alexa Esqueda Who uses language and for what purpose integrates meanings from textual worlds to construct a new hyperreality of language. One way of seeing[…]

Alexa Esqueda Adding on to the basis of mass consumption that Jean Baudrillard’s Hyperreality draws from, there are certain aspects of the shopping experience that[…]

Rida Faraz Virtuoso-VR is an intervention developed by researcher Noah Glaser at the University of Missouri to help adults with autism navigate different social landscapes.[…]

Miles Lee Replika AI is a chatbot created in 2017 by Eugenia Kuyda, an entrepreneur and artificial intelligence specialist. It is advertised as an emotional[…]

Rianna Herzlinger The third iteration of Alpha Fold, first created in 2018, Alpha Fold 3 can now predict not only single-chain proteins but also the[…]

Alexa Esqueda Postmodernist philosopher Jean Baudrillard believed our world makes way for mass communication and consumption to the point of Hyperreality–a state where our reality[…]

Miles Lee Wysa AI, created in 2016, is an AI powered therapy chatbot that provides counseling to those struggling with mental health issues such as[…]