I know credit was taken by some old creeps that are into Robert Anton Wilson and the whole thing does kinda go with that MO but so does a lot of shit now.

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Doesn't Ghost in the Shell have a series about a "Stand Alone Complex" where a bunch of uncoordinated groups take apparently coordinated political action, but under examination there is no "original" group or actor. It just sort of all sprang up out of the zeitgeist at the same time in similar ways?

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah, there are a series of copycats imitating a hacker, although upon interrogation the hacker was simply following a plan he found online, a plan that seemed to have been AI generated. A cool aspect of the series is the discussion of how the real world individuals have become indistinct from bits of floating digital information.

    • Beaver [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      It does, both seasons have that phenomenon actually. When I first watched it, I thought it was a weird and unbelievable premise.