{
  "id": 13819957,
  "title": "Welcome to the Ersatzenttäuschung: the melancholy of the unreal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/welcome-to-the-ersatzenttauschung-the-melancholy-of-the-unreal",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-11T23:08:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Crikey",
    "slug": "crikey",
    "url": "https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/12/ai-slop-artificial-intelligence-entertainment-john-birmingham/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As Freud mused, the more we are oriented in the world of real things, the less purchase the uncanny has on us. In the era of AI, we are slipping evermore into the unheimlich. The post Welcome to the Ersatzenttäuschung: the melancholy of the unreal appeared first on Crikey .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}