Ipnocrazia

On 8 May 2025, Open AANT dedicated a new event to Ipnocrazia, the work published by Edizioni Tlon and attributed to the philosopher Jianwei Xun. Curated and moderated by Gianna Angelini, the meeting brought together Andrea Colamedici, Derrick de Kerckhove, Pier Luigi Capucci, Brando Benifei, Maura Gancitano, and Sabina Minardi.

The discussion started from a book that is both an essay and a critical device, capable of questioning the mechanisms through which reality is constructed in the digital age. Themes such as truth, plausibility, simulation, perceptual manipulation, and new forms of authorship were at the centre of the conversation. The speakers also addressed the way artificial intelligence is reshaping the relationship between human creativity, cultural production, and critical responsibility.

Derrick de Kerckhove brought the discussion onto the terrain of augmented subjectivity and cognitive atrophy. Pier Luigi Capucci focused on distributed creativity and on moving beyond a rigidly anthropocentric view of intelligence and creation. Brando Benifei connected the debate to the political and regulatory questions opened by the European AI Act. Maura Gancitano and Andrea Colamedici brought the reflection back to the cultural and philosophical level, questioning our need for authenticity and the crisis of the modern subject, while Sabina Minardi was listed among the voices taking part in the panel.

At AANT, Ipnocrazia thus became not only a book presentation, but a critical workshop on the present, capable of involving students in a highly theoretical discussion.