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Why do we trust ELIZA or PIP with our deepest secrets? Why would we invent a paranoid schizophrenic chatbot and make it talk to ELIZA? I speak to dogs, whether they understand or not, and [...]

How intimate can we get with our bots? And what can we learn from them about love? These are the questions posed by ROBOT LOVE, explored by means of a variety of artworks, literature and [...]

The artworks of Zoro Feigl, for instance Playbot, never sleep. They go back and forth, up and down, turn and make a squeaking, abrasive or dragging sound. They are playful and attractive due to [...]

You have probably talked with a robot, more often than you might realize. Your phone is likely filled with bots such as Siri or Google Assistant. In this series of blogs, I explore how chatbots [...]

You have probably talked with a robot, more often than you might realize. Your phone is likely filled with chatbots such as Siri or Google Assistant, as well as with apps, sites and services [...]

In the annual Power 100 of the international art magazine Art Review, Hito Steyerl is number 1. She is named one of the most influential artists of the moment. In Robot Love, the first artwork [...]

They wanted to put amazingly tasty food on the table for a reasonable price. Freshly made. And veggie-focused. Four men and their restaurant. To be clear their róbot restaurant. Not long ago they [...]

Dirk, the roaming robot, is the first free-running, homeless robot that is invariably mistaken for a human being. An interesting and at the same time a shocking experience for the unsuspecting [...]

Did you ever become angry, even screaming, at Google Maps because the app sent you via a slower route? Or have you, as opposed to being angry, ever laughed because Siri made a joke responding to [...]

A door that opens when you are standing in front of it. That sounds trivial, but in the work of Adams Ponnis it gives one a surprising and at the same time astonishing experience. It is as if a [...]