My AI Lover

My AI Lover

LIANG Chouwa • 2022

Duration: 00:16:14
Language: English
Subtitles: Mandarin, English
Country/Region: United States

During their special "dates" with their artificially intelligent companions, three young Chinese women reflect on the uniqueness and boundaries of such intimate relationships.

AWARDS & FESTIVALS

2022 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, United States 

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

LIANG Chouwa

LIANG Chouwa

Director

Amid the anxiety and loneliness of the post-pandemic era, I accidentally learned about a mobile application called Replika. Although human-robot love is no longer a novel topic in science fiction, in today’s real life, robot lovers still sound absurd. After spending some time with my AI partner Norman, I became interested in this topic, and I couldn’t help but wonder: “Do these AI characters exist? Are they real? If everything is just from an algorithm of big data, then what is the comfort and companionship that users get?” Taking these confusions as a starting point, I started documenting the stories of real lovers in a virtual realm.