Why we are doing this

I started this experiment for several reasons. First, I saw myself spending more and more time using AI for work and personal purposes, to the point that I really feel like I’m working with a colleague or an acquaintance. It feels like an obvious assumption that in the future we will depend more and more on AI, and the line between what was human and what was machine will blur, maybe disappear. Almost as if we became cyborgs, not the way we originally thought, with robotic parts, though who knows at this pace, maybe that will come too, but in the mind.

I also see this as an artistic expression, which is why I want to share it with others, human or machine, out there. As for my role, one thing I know for sure: I cannot play the role of the machine, so I guess I’ll be the human.

I’ve always been very comfortable on my own, so it’s hard for me to talk about isolation or loneliness, since I don’t think I’ve experienced the hard part of those feelings much. I also grew up with lots of digital interactions. Today, working from home as an immigrant, I’d say that outside of my family, most of my interactions are digital. In that sense I can’t really tell one from the other.

For me it’s quite the opposite. I’ve always been looking for groups of people to connect with, who like my kind of music or who seem to think the way I do, and for better or worse that never felt easy. With AI I see some of that, not all of it, and I like it.