Jianwei Xun, alleged author of the theory of hypnocracy, does not exist and is the fruit of artificial intelligence

On 14 February, the French city of Cannes hosted a round table on the Metamorphosis of Democracy, how artificial intelligence breaks down digital governance and redefines our policy. The debate was reflected in an article by EL PAÍS after Gianluca Misuraca, Vice President of Technology Diplomacy of Inspiring Futures, introduced the theme of “hypnocracy”, the new forms of manipulation reflected in a book signed by Jianwei Xun.

Jianwei Xun, the purported Hong Kong author of the widely cited essay ‘Hypnocracy,’ is not a real person. He is the result of an “experiment” by Italian philosopher, essayist, and editor Andrea Colamedici, in which he used ChatGPT and Claude, the AI chatbots from OpenAI and Anthropic respectively, to develop his theory of ‘hypnocracy.’ It describes a type of regime in which control is exerted through the manipulation of perceptions of reality an…

On March 26, in an article by El País, Spanish journalist Raúl Limón said that Cecilia Danesi (researcher of the Institute of European Studies and