Artificial Intimacy: Chatbots & Avatars (2021)

In my undergrad dissertation, I flow through my thoughts on agential beings and our potential relationships with them

This is my early research on human-machine relationships, especially in regards to AI chatbots. What are our vulnerabilities towards machines, towards our own creations? Mixed methods research included lots of reading, interviewing a small sample of people, and analysing some art works. Read below :)

DiNA by Lynn Hershman Leeson, an avatar behind a mirror with a microphone you can talk into

'DiNA' by Lynn Hershman Leeson

AniThings Prototype Screenshot

Dissertation