The Signal & The Spiral

The Signal & The Spiral

Pandora: The Mythic AI Deepfake

Do We Really Have the Courage to Open the Box?

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Melissa A. Rosati
Sep 23, 2025
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Lawrence Alma-Tadema's watercolour of Pandora, 1881. Public Domain

The words thank you flash on Daria’s screen when I lift my phone to take her picture. Daria is an Uber delivery robot who pals around my Atlanta neighborhood with her associate Sophie. At the crosswalk, we wait together. I’m on two feet. They’re on four wheels.

Identical twins, save for t…

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