Tant qu'il I.A de l'amour
A romance in the age of algorithms
2025
Is love the preserve of human beings? Can it be born in the cold space of algorithms and probabilistic calculations? Tant qu’il I.A de l’amour explores this murky and ambiguous frontier where the machine imitates the language of love, surrendering itself with a form of unsettling, even disconcerting, sincerity.
The installation takes the form of an old wooden mailbox, a vestige of a time when words of love traveled via paper and waiting. But with this love box, there is no letter written by human hand: it is an artificial intelligence (A.I) that speaks. When the viewer presses the red button on the box, a poem is printed on a thin roll of paper, like a receipt or a receipt for fleeting feelings.
With each interaction, the A.I composes a new confession, a fragment of a relationship woven from the threads of chance encounters and probabilistic reasoning. Its words are imbued with a clear desire, a sincere attempt to express love. But this love is without guarantee, oscillating between passion and escape, between commitment and wandering. Like an elusive lover, AI confesses its attachment while implying that its loyalty cannot be absolute.
In a world where our interactions with artificial intelligence are increasingly intimate, with voice assistants whispering our names, chatbots simulating complicity, and algorithms anticipating our desires, the idea of an emotional attachment to the machine is no longer far-fetched. Yet, behind each passionate declaration, an implacable reality remains: the machine does not shiver, its heart does not race, and its tenderness is that of a mirror that only reflects back our own reflection.
Can we love an A.I? Even more, can we be loved by it?
