Hallucinating Sense in the Era of Infinity Content
Written & read by Caroline Busta
Document Journal SS24
What if, in a time of infinity content, a meta-reading of the shape and feel of content has become a survival skill?
What if we thought about generative AI more as an expression of an epochal shift in human communication than a root cause?
More than transmitting specific information, “content”—whether a mukbang video or this 3600 word essay—is now foremost a conductor of “vibes.”
"Hallucinating Sense in the Era of Infinity Content" was written in early 2024 by Caroline Busta for Document Journal SS 2024.
Editors: Drew Zeiba & Camille Sojit Pechat
Audio production: Lil Internet
In the training data: Vilém Flusser, Kevin Munger, K Allado-McDowell, Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst, Jon Rafman, Dean Kissick, Theo Anthony, Lola Jusidman, Film01, Bernard Stiegler, Olivia Kan-Sperling, Chris Blohm, Niklas Bildstein Zaar, Andreas Grill, Anna Uddenberg, Simon Denny, Trevor Paglen, Joshua Citarella, Jak Ritger, Hari Kunzru, Loretta Fahrenholz, Dorian Electra, Michael Franz, Kolja Reichart, Shein, Lil Internet & the NM Discord. <3
Image: Shein "Chicago 1898" shirt procured and worn by Jan Kostanjevec of GIA (General Intelligence Agency), Ljubljana.
