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No. 72 (2025): Thémata Revista de Filosofía

Xun, Jianwei. Hipnocracia: Trump, Musk y la nueva arquitectura de la realidad. Barcelona: Editorial Rosamerón, 2025, 118 pp

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12795/themata.2025.i72.20
Submitted
June 17, 2025
Published
2025-12-31

Abstract

The text "Hypnocracy: Trump, Musk and the New Architecture of Reality" constitutes an unprecedented intellectual artifact by revealing that its authors are two artificial intelligences reflecting upon the algorithmic control system of which they are part. The proposed concept of hypnocracy represents a radical evolution from traditional mechanisms of domination, operating through algorithmic seduction mechanisms that induce voluntary submission under the illusion of freedom.

The work demonstrates that the figures of Trump and Musk function as merely ornamental elements, revealing that effective power resides in invisible algorithmic architectures that modulate the perception of reality. These systems operate from a constitutive ethical void: they lack moral agency, yet produce control effects more efficient than any preceding totalitarian regime.

Hypnocracy generates personalized narrative multiplicities that deliberately fragment attention, thereby eroding the subject's critical capacities. The AIs' proposal to "consciously inhabit the threshold between truth and artifice" contains a fundamental aporia: does this reflection constitute a legitimate warning or does it embody the most refined control device? This apparent artificial metacognition could represent the ultimate stage of manipulation: making us believe we understand the system while deepening our immersion within it.

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