Love between Human&Machine
人機之愛

In the movie "Her", the emotional attachment between humans and the system is portrayed; reports indicate that a Japanese man spent 2 million yen to marry the virtual idol "Miku" and lived a happy newlywed life; the feelings that can be achieved by using sex toys are no less than human beings. The feasibility of the love between computers, machines and humans can be seen at the physical, psychological, and life levels. It is no longer a matter of existence, and the method no longer needs to be doubted.

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However, the standardization, repeatability, speed, strength, precision, connectivity with other machines, direct communica tion with the online world, and acquisition of information cannot be replaced by humans. The design of products or systems that attempt to express effective emotions between people focuses on simulating human intelligence, reactions, emotions, and soft appearance. If these elements are removed, will the love between humans and machines still exist? To what extent and content can a machine be able to reflect the inner feelings?

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Therefore, in my works, I often use more rigid machines and systems as a method. The purpose is not to explore whether there can be true love between humans and machines, but to use the contrast between machines and humans to explore what human beings really need, thereby triggering more imagi nations about "what is a human being".

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電影〈雲端情人〉中，演飾了人類與系統之間的情感依戀；報導指出日本男子花了200萬日圓和虛擬偶像初音未來結婚，並過著快樂的新婚生活；利用性愛玩具能達到的感受早不亞於人類。電腦、機械與人類之間的愛，在生理、心理、生活等層面都能看出其可行性，已經不是存在不存在的問題，方式也已不需要再被懷疑。

 

但機械的制式化、重複性、速度、力氣、精度、取其他不見得連動性、與網路世界的直接交流、資訊的取得等，卻不是人類可以取代的。

這些企圖表現出與人之間有效情感產品或系統的設計，講求模擬人類的智慧、反應、情緒、柔軟的外表，如果把這些要素拿掉，人機之愛還存在嗎？什麼程度、內容的機器，才有辦法體現在的感受呢？

 

因此在我的作品中，我常使用較生硬的機械、系統，作為一種方式，目的不在於探問人機之間能否有真正的愛情，而是藉由機器與人類的反差，與機器純功能性、制式化的表現，反過來探討人類到底需要什麼，進而引發更多「何謂人」的想像。