This seminar will build on the Peter C Schaehrer Memorial Lecture with Trevor Paglen from the previous evening. That lecture, "How Mind Control, UFOS, Magic, and Electronic Warfare Explain the Future of AI and Media," examined the following: "With AI-generated content, social media influence operations, micro-targeted advertising, and ubiquitous surveillance becoming the norm, we have entered an era of PSYOP capitalism. This era is characterized by fabricated hallucinations and manipulations intended to influence our senses, perceptions, and beliefs. This talk delves into the history of secret military, intelligence, and technology programs that have paved the way for our increasingly strange present."

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