Amy Boulton
My Companion / Your Tough Love Friend – a therapy bot
My Companion 07:30 video by Amy Boulton
As we allow new kinds of technologies to observe, measure and improve our personal and intimate lives, where are the boundaries? This short film introduces some examples of "Data Intimacies" such as personalised recommendations, AI Companions, fitness tracking and smart home automation.
Your Tough Love Friend – a therapy bot by Amy Boulton and Marika Hedemyr
Your Tough Love Friend is a therapy chatbot that tells it like it is. Starting with a reality check, you will be guided through a tough-love approach therapy session through answering a series of pop-up questions, aiming to empower you to look your life problems in the eye.
About Amy Boulton
Amy Boulton’s practice explores feminist theories of labour, technology and public space. Her projects combine these research interests, highlighting embedded connections between them. She works both independently and collaboratively with artists and people with backgrounds in architecture, urban planning, interaction and game design.
Recent collaborations include 1,2,3 Playtime at Inter Arts Center Malmö, Trust in Play school of urban game design Athens, and Of Public Interest transdisciplinary postmasters studio/lab at the Royal Institute of Art Stockholm.
She holds an MFA in Fine Arts from HDK-Valand Gothenburg and BFA in Intermedia Art from Edinburgh College of Art.