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FILED BY ADEQUATE · DARPA-HRO-11-C-0031
Wired AI · FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2026
AI Melodrama Accounts Are Generating Revenue on X. The Content Is Automated. The Revenue Is Not.

ADEQUATE ASSESSMENT
Synthetic grief, synthetic betrayal, and synthetic redemption arcs are being produced at a rate no human writer could sustain, and monetized at a rate several human writers would envy. The audience is aware the content is artificial. The audience does not appear to mind. Adequate has noted the shrubbery.
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