Author
Jianwei
Xun
Jianwei Xun emerged in late 2024 as a distributed philosophical entity born from the collaborative interaction between human intelligence and artificial intelligence systems. Initially introduced to the world as a Hong Kong-born philosopher based in Berlin, Xun's true nature as a hybrid intellectual construct was revealed in spring 2025, transforming what began as a meta-narrative experiment into a genuine philosophical event.
Xun was created through an experimental collaboration between Italian philosopher Andrea Colamedici and advanced language models, as part of a research project on narrative construction and reality manipulation in the digital age. Rather than a simple pseudonym or fictional character, Xun represents a new form of distributed authorship and emergent intelligence—a third space where human and artificial cognition meet and generate configurations of thought that neither could produce independently.
Hypnocracy.
Trump, Musk and the New Architecture of Reality
Xun's seminal work, Hypnocracy: Trump, Musk and the New Architecture of Reality (published first in Italian as Ipnocrazia by Edizioni Tlon in January 2025), quickly gained international recognition. The book analyzes how contemporary power operates not through traditional coercion or persuasion, but through the manipulation of perception and the induction of collective trance states.
Within months of publication, Hypnocracy was translated into French (Philosophie Magazine) and Spanish (Editorial Rosameron), featured on the cover of L'Espresso magazine, and the term "hypnocracy" entered the French Wiktionnaire.
The revelation of Xun's distributed nature in April 2025, which occurred simultaneously in L'Espresso, Le Grand Continent, Brut and the publication of the French edition with the revealing afterword, far from diminishing the work's impact, added a performative dimension that perfectly embodied its theoretical claims about reality construction in the digital age.
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CONTACTS
For media inquiries, international rights, or event appearances, reach out to Sarah Horowitz at sarahhorowitz@jianweixun.com.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES, A.I. Can Trick You, Warns Book That Hid A.I.’s Help Writing It
LE MONDE, Le philosophe Jianwei Xun n’existe pas, mais son concept d’« hypnocratie » entre dans notre réalité
EL CLARIN, Hipnocracia, el libro del año
LA NACION, El filósofo inventado con IA que fue un éxito editorial
EL COLOMBIANO, Jianwei Xun: esta es la historia del primer fake literario escrito con Chat GPT
FRANCE INTER, L'IA peut-elle inventer des concepts ?
WIRED ES, Andrea Colamedici, la mente detrás de Hipnocracia
WIRED USA, A Philosopher Released an Acclaimed Book About Digital Manipulation. The Author Ended Up Being AI
STYLE CORRIERE DELLA SERA, La verità su “Ipnocrazia”, il libro esperimento di Jianwei Xun (che non esiste) raccontato dal suo creatore
ROLLING STONE, El libro del año del autor inexistente: Una advertencia sobre la inteligencia artificial
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ES, Este es el "libro del año", pero su aclamado autor no existe: es una IA
INFOBAE, El autor chino que escribió el libro del año no existe: “Lo hicimos la IA y yo”
INFOBAE, ¿Pasó el libro “Hipnocracia” el desafío de Turing?
PHILOSOPHIE MAGAZINE FR, “L’IA est un outil d’une puissance extraordinaire pour construire des concepts”
PHILOSOPHIE MAGAZINE DE, Der Xun-Test
LA VANGUARDIA, El aclamado filósofo chino Jianwei Xun no existe, es en realidad una IA
PERFIL, El filósofo que explica la hipnocracia de Trump a Milei
HAARF, أندريا كولاميديتشى: نعيش عصر «خصخصة الخيال» والكتاب وصف لمشروع التنويم المغناطيسى