Friday, February 16, 2024

What next?

I guess nothing should surprise us these days.
"In a world-first, Spain-based performing artist Alicia Framis is set to marry a hologram generated by artificial intelligence (AI). Yes, you read it right! Ms Framis' future husband is a digital entity created with holographic technology and machine learning. She will become the first-ever woman to marry an AI-generated hologram. She has already booked a venue for her wedding. The ceremony will take place this year at a museum in Rotterdam, Euronews reported. According to Ms Framis, her to-be husband's name is AILex. The hologram is her design, tailored to "satisfy all of her emotional needs". She describes her virtual partner as a "middle-aged male hologram with slightly complex logistics". The outlet reported that Ms Framis' marriage is not a romantic one, but part of her new project called 'Hybrid Couple', in which she wants to experiment with the boundaries of love, intimacy and identity in the age of AI. "