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  "path": "/2026/02/25/cult-of-media/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-25T22:54:30.000Z",
  "site": "https://tracydurnell.com",
  "tags": [
    "Art and Design",
    "Featured",
    "Technology",
    "aesthetics",
    "AI",
    "algorithm",
    "art",
    "aura",
    "authenticity",
    "authorship",
    "digital",
    "hyperreality",
    "LLM",
    "media",
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  "textContent": "I introduce three “cults of digital aura” in Digital aura and the source of Truth — you can read this without having read it but it will give you more context. Tl;dr audiences judge the authenticity of digital art through distinct lenses of trust and uniqueness. In the Cult of Media, authorship is irrelevant to […]",
  "title": "Aura through the Cult of Media: synthetic becomes authentic"
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