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When AI Blurs Reality: The Rise of Hyperreal Digital Culture

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From Bigfoot vlogs to algorithmically created personas, hyperrealistic AI content is redefining the boundaries of digital creators. Experts at Georgia Tech say the surge in AI content that mimics human emotion, speech, and appearance with uncanny precision is both a technological marvel and a societal challenge.

GT Computing's Munmun De Choudhury and Mark Riedl are among the campus experts sharing their insights and cautioning that the line separating fiction from reality is becoming increasingly blurred.