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And so as millions of people flocked to video chat for that simulacrum of normalcy, Google promoted Meet in its already ubiquitous products like Gmail and Calendar. Brian Barrett, Wired, "How Google Meet Weathered the Work-From-Home Explosion," 11 Aug. 2020

The color palette shifted from the beige and olive green of roadside scrub to charcoal trunks and scorched leaves in shades of orange, an uncanny simulacrum of autumn. David Maurice Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, "The Great Koala Rescue Operation," 10 June 2020

The simulacrum included two large wall panels, a section of wainscoting and a corner table. Washington Post, "In 1997, Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum was stuck in amber," 11 Jan. 2020

The sets are a creepy simulacrum of the surrounding village, alchemizing local history and lore into horror. New York Times, "The Headless Horseman Industrial Complex," 11 Oct. 2019

The technology is supposed to provide remote workers a simulacrum of those in-office, face-to-face connections. Lauren Goode, Wired, "Lights! Camera! Meeting! Video Conferencing Gets a Makeover," 26 Feb. 2020

The stage show uses balletic movements to recall those of felines, and over-the-top costumes to achieve suggestion rather than simulacrum. Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, "Cats Got Your Tongue," 24 Dec. 2019

If the model is faithful enough, this simulation will wake up and behave like a digital simulacrum of the deceased person—speaking and accessing his or her memories, cravings, fears and other traits. Christof Koch, Scientific American, "Will Machines Ever Become Conscious?," 1 Dec. 2019

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