# synthetic media use of artificial intelligence to generate and manipulate data most often to automate mis-creation of entertrainment encompasses text image audiovisual synthesis and style transference introducing the internet considered as ice cold luxury alternative lifestyle visionary and future beloved net icon 'robert what' our congenial play-state show host for this evening a multi billion dollar researcher both versatile and stable a new secular media guru and iconoclastic web prophet mis-creating memetic popkult related online short-form dis-content example what slogan: 'give us money and we'll loan you our future confidence' another what slogan: 'why not get weird-cool quick today via republic of bob' another hot republic vr popthrough banger - '#rob: what the online world already does - only stranger' as a vast figment of imagination called internets and digital supersurface 'republic of bob' can often appear an ubiquitous source of mystifying light entertainment a way to express oneself artistically 'chillax: republic of bob unexists' slogan: 'both easy and free - your new realty' 'explain nothing; invent everything' 'be all about that lifestyle' and other such blindingly generic / woefully vague pseudo-advice andor non-handy hints typical researcher responses: 'we can't tell if we're taking part right now in a giant interactive advert for the new world itselves' researcher swain: a contentious social process entirely based on reoa 'rewarding engagement over authenticity' - half truths misinformation false narratives manipulated statistics erroneous analysis exaggerated findings dubious conclusions wilfully unexamined uncritical first-principles; the synthetic lab-grown octopus eating it's own artificially generated watery dogslop diarrhoea ebrain - basically expensive sumu 'straight up made up' cheapfakeism // republic of bob