Synthetic Memory
How algorithmic systems shape what we remember-and forget.
Learn moreAbout Drifting Reality Institute
Reality is changing. Our institutions must learn to change with it.
Drifting Reality Institute is an independent nonprofit research organization examining how artificial intelligence reshapes memory, perception, identity, and shared reality.
Mission
Research for public agency in a mediated world.
We study the systems that increasingly remember for us, filter for us, and explain the world back to us. Our work combines technical analysis, public-interest policy, and community education so emerging continuity systems remain understandable, contestable, and humane.
Principles
Stability is not neutral.
Memory should remain contestable.
Systems must be understandable.
Continuity should be a choice.
Research should serve the public.
Areas of work
Perception Systems
Studying the architectures that mediate what we see, read, and believe.
Learn moreReality Rights
Advancing the right to understand, contest, and shape reality.
Learn morePublic Education
Building shared literacy for a more thoughtful, resilient public.
Learn moreTeam
Memory Systems
Dr. Lina Ortega
Studies personal archives, interface memory, and the governance of persistent context.
Reality Rights
Mara Voss
Develops public-interest frameworks for contestability, provenance, and human agency.
Perception Infrastructure
Elias Chen
Maps the incentives and interfaces that shape attention, belief, and coherence online.
Public Education
Noor Adebayo
Builds civic learning programs for communities navigating AI-mediated information.