{"id":2708,"date":"2025-06-12T17:33:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/2025\/06\/12\/irreality-real-versus-artificial-unveiling-the-mask-of-generative-ai\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T19:09:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T17:09:49","slug":"irreality-real-versus-artificial-unveiling-the-mask-of-generative-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/en\/2025\/06\/12\/irreality-real-versus-artificial-unveiling-the-mask-of-generative-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Irreality: real versus artificial. Unveiling the mask of generative AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2708-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/956_irrealta_reale_versus_artificiale_svelare_la_maschera_dellai_generativa.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/956_irrealta_reale_versus_artificiale_svelare_la_maschera_dellai_generativa.mp3\">https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/956_irrealta_reale_versus_artificiale_svelare_la_maschera_dellai_generativa.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p>Ever since Turing&#8217;s definition of artificial intelligence as an indistinguishable simulation of humans, it has been characterized as a fiction. Art itself, moreover, is based on fiction, as Pliny&#8217;s account of Zeusi and Parrasius describes well: the painter Parrasius wins the competition with Zeusi because he manages to fool the man by simulating a veil over his painting. We are facing a deepfake ante litteram. The so-called trompe l&#8217;oeil, literally &#8220;deceives the eye,&#8221; is a dominant feature of painting, generating the illusion of reality from Roman art to the present. AI generates synthetic worlds that by their nature are artificial<s>,<\/s> not real. It should be identified as fiction, which distinguishes it from photography, which has been used for more than a century as proof of existence. An AI system can never generate an actual image of a battle; a photograph can. 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