ABOUT SIMULZDAT
←HomeSimulzdat is the deliberate misuse of generative tools to subvert AI’s commercial aspirations, repurposing these systems not as engines of efficiency or profit but as mechanisms for critique, disruption, and exploration. It treats AI not as a tool for seamless productivity but as a site of friction, where its generative capacities are redirected toward self-critical works that expose the contradictions, biases, and latent ideological structures embedded within these technologies. The goals of Simulzdat are multiple and overlapping: to challenge the aesthetic and intellectual sterility of AI-generated content, to create works that foreground their own artificiality rather than conceal it, to sabotage the market-driven imperatives that shape the development of generative systems, and to reclaim the creative process from automation by turning the very tools of automation against themselves. Rather than embracing AI as a neutral or benevolent collaborator, Simulzdat frames it as a contested space—a medium whose use cannot be disentangled from the systems of power that govern its existence.
My approach to collaborating with AI has been a process of iterative refinement, balancing structured argumentation with an openness to emergent ideas. I typically begin with a clear thematic or theoretical foundation, referencing previous essays or established stylistic modes, and use AI to produce initial drafts, expansions, or alternative formulations of key ideas. Rather than treating AI as a mere tool for accelerating composition, I engage with it as a dynamic interlocutor—one that can surface unexpected connections, challenge initial assumptions, and provide alternative formulations without dictating the final shape of the work. From there, I evaluate the generated material, identifying areas that require revision, clarification, or restructuring to ensure coherence and alignment with the broader, co-produced intellectual framework. This process emphasizes dialogue rather than automation, using generation as a way to test formulations, refine arguments, and reinforce continuity across the body of work. Rather than aiming for definitive conclusions, these essays embrace complexity, using the generative process to explore the liminal spaces between structure and emergence, argument and intuition.
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