This kind of artificiality has been addressed in relation to robots and monsters (like zombies). In this post, we trace some examples of this theme in literature and film.

Artificial intelligence can be uncanny and creepy. Familiarity, based on conscious awareness, is relevant for understanding why.

Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan, commenting on the recent developments involving clergy, told reporters that living in hypocrisy ...

The artificiality of the world Lily inhabits, as well as the teenage romanticism that suffuses it, clash with these vital concerns, so much so that they come off as a melodramatic punchline rather ...

Something Fascinating Happens When You Look At AI-Generated Lewds, Researchers Find "It seems that we (still?) have a strong preference for humanness over artificiality." ...

There’s something uniquely American in both its wanton borrowing from existing tradition and its naked admission of artificiality. By Ismail Muhammad This article was originally published on Dec ...

Greta Gerwig Says ‘Barbie’ Channels the Surrealism of Classic Technicolor Musicals With ‘Authentic Artificiality’ “You have a painted sky in a soundstage.

ADAPTED FROM A NOVEL Lena Ashwell, Appearing at the Lyric, Exhibits Blend of Rare Naturalness and Extreme Artificiality. Share full article. Oct. 30, 1906.

In 2022, fakeness seems to be fashion’s new reality. Take, for instance, Loewe’s spring 2023 collection, for which creative director Jonathan Anderson looked to artificiality as a source of ...