Shanken (166-182)

The piece that caught my attention in the section was the piece by Luc Courchesne entitled Portrait One (168). This piece reminded of another similar piece by Lynn Hershman Leeson entitled Agent Ruby. It would be interesting if someone could create a sophisticated AI that could communicate with you with just about anything, But then again it could end up like the movie called "Her" where the main character falls in love with the voice of an AI played by Scarlet Johansson. It would be awesome in the sense that one could communicate with the AI sort of like a digital friend who you could share opinions with and also receive feedback or advice. Courchesne's piece has limitations but it would be interesting if one could break those limitations to create a virtual friend.