Our ability to create synthetic media is only getting more uncanny, with simulated voices and images that are increasingly indistinguishable from the real thing. But while the media we create may be less and less constrained by physical reality, many other experiences are deeply tied to the spaces in which they happen. From the pandemic transforming our urban spaces to Cuba’s revolutionaries grappling with the country’s tenuous relationship with the internet, our physical reality still shapes us in powerful ways. This week, we look at these issues, as well as the meta-question of what it means to report on the complexity of our current reality and its hyperobjects.
Future #53: Synthetic people in real spaces
Future #53: Synthetic people in real spaces
Future #53: Synthetic people in real spaces
Our ability to create synthetic media is only getting more uncanny, with simulated voices and images that are increasingly indistinguishable from the real thing. But while the media we create may be less and less constrained by physical reality, many other experiences are deeply tied to the spaces in which they happen. From the pandemic transforming our urban spaces to Cuba’s revolutionaries grappling with the country’s tenuous relationship with the internet, our physical reality still shapes us in powerful ways. This week, we look at these issues, as well as the meta-question of what it means to report on the complexity of our current reality and its hyperobjects.