Through The Mirage, Sky Meets Oculus: Rethinking Human-AI Romantic Relationships in a Posthumanist Context

摘要

This project presents an interactive installation that integrates artificial intelligence and visual art, employing immersive environments, AI-driven emotional dialogue systems to explore the possibility of emotional interactions between humans and AI in romantic scenarios. Participants enter a virtual space to engage in romantic conversations with an AI virtual character, sharing their emotions. Meanwhile, external observers use VR devices to experience the interaction from the AI's perspective, enabling a philosophical reflection through a third-person viewpoint. This dual-layered experience ultimately unveils a crucial question: In an era where human-machine interactions blur the boundaries of subjectivity, are emotions the product of genuine connections with an ''other,'' or do they merely reflect a narcissistic self-satisfaction shaped by technology? Through artistic expression, this project provokes profound reflections on subjectivity, the meaning of emotions, and the boundaries of human-AI relationships in a posthumanist context, challenging traditional definitions of emotional essence and offering groundbreaking perspectives.