Artificial Intimacy

This work of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated art demonstrates how technology has the ability to foster intimacy among robots and even between robots and humans. The image shows a robot giving another a phone number as the second robot gives a backwards, almost emotional, look. The robots' hyper-realistic portrayal makes it difficult to distinguish between what is genuine and what is fake and challenges viewers' conceptions of intimacy and connection. This piece emphasises the potential for AI to provide intricate, emotive situations that test our conceptions of what it means to be human through the use of the "Digital Realism" aesthetic.