Little is known about Xun. According to his website Jianweixun.com, he is said to be a cultural analyst and philosopher born in Hong Kong and research at the interface between the media, narrative theory and philosophy. He is said to have studied in Dublin; More is not known. This is strange for a researcher. His book “Hypnocracy. Trump, Musk and the New Architecture of Reality” advertised on the website “Hypnocracy. According to the international library catalog, Worldcat is inexistent, but two Italian libraries probably have an Italian print edition.
If you look in there, you will find a 120 -page text without source or footnotes. A bibliography is also missing.
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This fact is now also accused in a social medium. “Only briefly research shows that it all sounds clever, but unfortunately no academic standards. His conclusion: “Clever term, but unfortunately all completely bullshit. There have long been equivalent, serious work on which you can rely on. Bisserl better source analysis is worthwhile from time to time.” NZZ-Podcaster Joseph de Weck answers: “Whether there is the author or the whole thing comes from a collective or Darkwenb is an interesting question, but my opinion is not really relevant to me. The arguments are strong, a text is written out of the gut feeling. This explains why he is so well received. […] There is no scientific claim and the author does not refer to others in the text. It's just an essay. “
XUN states a publisher and press spokeswoman on his website. We wrote to the lady and got an answer from the philosopher himself. He writes to the FAZ, in English: “I am preparing to publish a comprehensive explanation on April 4, in which the questions you have raised are addressed about my identity and the type of my work. […] The points that you appeal to my biography (and my institutional connections), […] earn a well thought -out answer. I have scattered further clues here and there. Instead of only giving partial information, I would like to invite you to be one of the first to receive the complete explanation on April 4, which will clarify all aspects of my project, including its authorship. “
A trail leads to his translator
The tool is nogged, which is not always reliable, indicates that this email has a license with a probability of 65.5 percent or AI improved. The use of unusual English terms also speaks for this. “Diligence” is a rare word outside of business administration; “Perceptive” and “Thoughtful Response” are also exceptional. Terms such as “Nuanced Story” and “Piecemeal” are rarely used in normal conversation. The header information of the email also reveals a few more details that do not finally clarify whether Xun is a person or AI.
Xunun's thesis is: “In the era of post-truth and artificial intelligence, it no longer works through repression, but by manipulating reality perception.” He himself may be part of a project. A trail leads to Italy, his translator Andrea Colamedici. The philosopher and publisher, born in 1987, has been dealing with the interface between art and AI for many years. Colamedici did not respond to a request from the FAZ. However, there are some things that Colamedici is actually xun. Or not? On December 8, Xun is said to have registered in a “video message” at a conference of the Più Libri Più Liberi, a book fair in Rome. Colamedici and Xun could be seen at the same time. But Xun's contribution had previously been recorded.
However, the attempt to anchor the “Hypnocracy” catchphrase in public failed. The script pursued for this served today's attention economy, which, according to short explanations, fed up with current explanations and rewarded the publication of books by international researchers. But without Valide's scientific foundation, the thesis does not catch. It is also too obvious that what was described here was also being tried: to flood the public with disinformation or non -information.
