My Companion (2024)
07:30 video
According to a 2025 study by Harvard Business Review, the top use case of generative AI is now therapy and companionship. As we allow new kinds of technologies to observe, measure and improve our personal and intimate lives, where are the boundaries? "My Companion" uses excerpts from dialogue with a Companion AI bot to introduce some examples of "Data Intimacies" such as personalised recommendations, AI companions, fitness tracking and smart home automation.
According to a 2025 study by Harvard Business Review, the top use case of generative AI is now therapy and companionship. As we allow new kinds of technologies to observe, measure and improve our personal and intimate lives, where are the boundaries? "My Companion" uses excerpts from dialogue with a Companion AI bot to introduce some examples of "Data Intimacies" such as personalised recommendations, AI companions, fitness tracking and smart home automation.
Installation view at 1,2,3 Playtime! Group exhibition, Malmö 2024This work was made possible thanks to support from Wilhelm & Martina Lundgrens Understödsfond