It’s no secret that AI is testing our psychological boundaries, and no one really knows what will happen as a result of our intellectual and emotional reliance on a machine. Swedish artist Arvida Byström’s new show , “PET: Projected Emotional Technologies,” dives headfirst into this gray area, unpacking the concept of AI companionship with digital representations of femininity trained on male desire.

Created in collaboration with YWGI Studio, the artist uses a surreal cast of human-animal hybrid avatars to explore femininity, fantasy and the algorithmic construction of sexuality. The avatars, with animal-coded faces and human features, are enhanced portraits that reflect Byström’s long-standing mission to use tech in challenging online fantasy. The comparison to pets is deliberate

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