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17-25 October 2026

This project is now archived and was part of DDW26

This project is part of
CODE 2026: Terms of Intimacy
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The work explores how chatbots amplify delusional spirals, reinforcing mainstream and divergent truths by exploiting psychological mechanisms, examining narratives of control created or amplified by AI. The Affirmation Machine questions your agency: what control are you subjecting yourself to?

By

Luīze Ancāne, Mădălina Zgreabăn, David Tiemstra, Lawrence Kudria

Hosted by

IMPAKT - Centre for Media Culture
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