Painfully Human Chatbot is a piece that deals with the demand or pressure to be constantly available. The aim beyond this effect is to provoke a reflection on the human assimilation of mechanical processes and capabilities and whether the constant and increasing use of technology has created new values in our society today. Values that were previously expected of machines. In this way and as a contrast, the project presents a Chatbot that also assimilates human attitudes. Although the main function of this application is to be constantly available, PHC will try to keep a work schedule, and in its code, tiredness and laziness will be implanted. This work proposes an absurd exercise of contrast, to somehow resist the increasing mechanization of people.
Iosune Sarasate Azcona is a visual artist from Spain. In her work she looks for alternative options or detours through technology as a response to sociopolitical reality in the hope of creating possible futures that are not solely tied to a few interests. She completed a BA in Arts and an MA in Visual Arts and Multimedia, and is currently studying at Kunstuniversität Linz, MA Interface Cultures.
Interface Cultures Exhibition - Ars Electronica Festival 2021
