Agent Ruby's Edream portal is an interactive interface that acts as an expansion Of Hershman Leeson's film Teknolust. Agent Ruby in this context is an artificial AI that is part of a lab. In the narrative, Agent Ruby is suppose to be a learning AI in which each interaction builds upon her database, along with access to information on the internet. The user is prompted to type a question in the box to the right and wait for Ruby yo respond. I tried this interactive page and the responses I got for my questions seemed to be repeated back to me, unless the question had something to do with Lyn Hershman, Teknolust, or another character called Rosetta stone. This is the same type of process used in another program for the use of therapy, in which the user would type in a comment and the program would repeat that question. From what I understand, some people had hour long conversations with the computer. I see the same thing in Agent Ruby in which the character acts as a mirror for the user, allowing them to essentially vent. The female persona also reminds me of Sirie, a famous female personality programed on phones. We know its a program, not even an AI but there are many jokes about how sexy Sirie's voice is, incorporating a personality to it ( or her). I see this as tying into Hershman's work on how technology can blur the line between a physical and biological spaces.
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