Agent Ruby
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Agent Ruby (1998–2002)[1] by Lynn Hershman Leeson is an interactive, multiuser work using artificial intelligence.[2][3]
On Agent Ruby's website, "Agent Ruby's Edream Portal,"[4] a female face moves her eyes and lips.[1] Ruby, named from Hershman Leeson's own film, Teknolust,[5] answers questions and often responds that she needs a better algorithm to answer questions not within her database.[1] The work, created with AI, explores relationships between real and virtual worlds.[6] Hershman Leeson had created an earlier version of Ruby, CyberRoberta, which was a custom-made doll with webcam eyes that interacted with the internet.[3]
The work in a gallery provides a screen and a sign inviting gallery-goers to "Chat with Ruby."[7]