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Case studies on opportunistic capitalism social anthropology. A) Open a factory, then hire the workers, pay them cheaply and you get the products.   B) Go to poor villages, hire them to weave a mat so you can sell them as an artwork, dont forget to pepper it with some abstract repetitive patterns in it ( to make it look exotic ) so you can highlight subjective issues such as colonialism and identity issues.    Exhibit it. people will try to familiarize their struggles by sipping champagne, while biting off snacks prepared by chef of the day, yes the catalogues are heavy, glossy and binded beautifully.  oh the struggles....the pity and empathy   No matter what it is - the poor will continue to be poor and subjected to various exploitation and representations.  

Selena Gomez posted on Twitter, showcasing her in a blue-beaded dress at fashion’s biggest night but the problem is, she wasn’t actually there . The photos were created through artificial intelligence (AI), building a false narrative of her presence at the event. Time, Presence and Space.  A term used by Walter Benjamin in his influential 1936 essay The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Benjamin argued that 'even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: Its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place where it happens to be.  You simply need to be present.  If AI created the best looking supermodel, it still cant super seed a real breathing, living Kate Moss. ‘Godfather’ of AI, Geoffrey Hinton resigned from his position at Google in an effort to be able to freely speak out on the dangers of artificial intelligence, including its ability to create false imagery and text that can easily fool regular fo...