When all these effects come together, you almost can’t tell if the streamer is human or AI-generated. They tap into our fascination with the unfamiliar and our paranoia of technology. As we pause in shock, they go viral. The timing of this is equally uncanny: humans are getting rich by pretending to act like robots at a time when robots are getting... See more

Charlie Kirk’s AI resurrection ushers in a new era of digital grief

n fact, AI means we’re just gonna recycle the same 10 celebs for the rest of eternity. Marilyn, Elvis, James Dean, Jimi – archetypes on an endless loop now. It’ll be endless variations on that “Fred Astaire dances with a vacuum” commercial. It all makes Andy Warhol seem even more prophetic.