{"id":14221,"date":"2020-12-01T16:45:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T15:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/?post_type=artists_ui&#038;p=14221"},"modified":"2026-09-05T13:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T11:47:18","slug":"hershman-ai","status":"publish","type":"artists_ui","link":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/hershman-leeson-lynn\/hershman-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Artificial Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"dam-custom-grid dam-custom-grid--cols-3\" style=\"--dam-grid-gap:16px;\"><figure class=\"dam-custom-grid__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/palm01_c-hershman.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__link\" data-lightbox=\"dam-custom-grid\" title=\"Lynn Hershman Leeson, Agent Ruby \u2019s EDream Portal, 2002, screen shot: agentruby.com on a Palm PDA. Collection San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\" data-title=\"Lynn Hershman Leeson, Agent Ruby \u2019s EDream Portal, 2002, screen shot: agentruby.com on a Palm PDA. Collection San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\" data-caption=\"Lynn Hershman Leeson, Agent Ruby \u2019s EDream Portal, 2002, screen shot: agentruby.com on a Palm PDA. Collection San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1873\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/palm01_c-hershman.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/palm01_c-hershman.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/palm01_c-hershman-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/palm01_c-hershman-1024x959.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/palm01_c-hershman-768x719.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/palm01_c-hershman-1536x1438.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/palm01_c-hershman-609x570.jpg 609w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/palm01_c-hershman-500x468.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/palm01_c-hershman-550x515.jpg 550w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/palm01_c-hershman-400x375.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figure class=\"dam-custom-grid__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TW_2014-01-09_Civic-Radar_MG_8888_cc-hershman.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__link\" data-lightbox=\"dam-custom-grid\" title=\"Lynn Hershman Leeson, DiNA, Artificial Intelligent Agent Installation. Interactive network-based multimedia installation (custom software, sound, voice recognition, voice synthesis, sensors, one way mirror; alternative presentation with projection), 64 x 60 x 17 cm (dimensions of installation variable). 2004.\" data-title=\"Lynn Hershman Leeson, DiNA, Artificial Intelligent Agent Installation. Interactive network-based multimedia installation (custom software, sound, voice recognition, voice synthesis, sensors, one way mirror; alternative presentation with projection), 64 x 60 x 17 cm (dimensions of installation variable). 2004.\" data-caption=\"Lynn Hershman Leeson, DiNA, Artificial Intelligent Agent Installation. Interactive network-based multimedia installation (custom software, sound, voice recognition, voice synthesis, sensors, one way mirror; alternative presentation with projection), 64 x 60 x 17 cm (dimensions of installation variable). 2004.\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TW_2014-01-09_Civic-Radar_MG_8888_cc-hershman.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TW_2014-01-09_Civic-Radar_MG_8888_cc-hershman.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TW_2014-01-09_Civic-Radar_MG_8888_cc-hershman-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TW_2014-01-09_Civic-Radar_MG_8888_cc-hershman-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TW_2014-01-09_Civic-Radar_MG_8888_cc-hershman-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TW_2014-01-09_Civic-Radar_MG_8888_cc-hershman-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TW_2014-01-09_Civic-Radar_MG_8888_cc-hershman-855x570.jpg 855w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TW_2014-01-09_Civic-Radar_MG_8888_cc-hershman-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TW_2014-01-09_Civic-Radar_MG_8888_cc-hershman-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TW_2014-01-09_Civic-Radar_MG_8888_cc-hershman-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figure class=\"dam-custom-grid__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ruby_opening_page-hershman.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__link\" data-lightbox=\"dam-custom-grid\" title=\"Lynn Hershman Leeson, Agent Ruby \u2019s EDream Portal. Screenshot from agentruby.net. Collection San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 2002.\" data-title=\"Lynn Hershman Leeson, Agent Ruby \u2019s EDream Portal. Screenshot from agentruby.net. Collection San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 2002.\" data-caption=\"Lynn Hershman Leeson, Agent Ruby \u2019s EDream Portal. Screenshot from agentruby.net. Collection San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 2002.\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1272\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ruby_opening_page-hershman.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ruby_opening_page-hershman.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ruby_opening_page-hershman-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ruby_opening_page-hershman-1024x651.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ruby_opening_page-hershman-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ruby_opening_page-hershman-1536x977.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ruby_opening_page-hershman-896x570.jpg 896w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ruby_opening_page-hershman-500x318.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ruby_opening_page-hershman-550x350.jpg 550w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ruby_opening_page-hershman-400x254.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;fade-up&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Artificial Intelligence (1998-2004)&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; font_size=&#8221;16&#8243; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;600&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"wbp_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wbp_wrapper\">\n<p>The artist is also among the pioneers in the use of Artificial Intelligence technologies in artistic projects. Inspired by the character Roberta Breitmore, Hershman Leeson develops two female AIs, <em>Agent Ruby<\/em> (1998-2002), an interactive, artificially intelligent web agent with a female persona, and <em>DiNA<\/em> (2004), a continuation of Ruby in the form of an artificially intelligent female character able to converse with the viewers, who learns by processing internet content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>More works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/hershman-leeson-lynn\/hershman-shadow-stalker\/\">Shadow Stalker (2019-2021)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/hershman-leeson-lynn\/hershman-vertighost\/\">Vertighost (2017)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/hershman-leeson-lynn\/hershman-infinity-engine\/\">The Infinity Engine (2014)<\/a><br \/>\nArtificial Intelligence (1998-2004)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/hershman-leeson-lynn\/hershman-net-works\/\">Net works (1996-2012)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/hershman-leeson-lynn\/hershman-films\/\">Films (1984-2017)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/hershman-leeson-lynn\/hershman-photography\/\">Photography (1984-2004)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/hershman-leeson-lynn\/hershman-interactivity\/\">Interactivity (1984-1994)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/hershman-leeson-lynn\/hershman-roberta-breitmore\/\">Roberta Breitmore (1973-1978)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/hershman-leeson-lynn\/hershman-early-work\/\">Early work (1967-68)<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;fade-up&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Artificial Intelligence (1998-2004)&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; font_size=&#8221;16&#8243; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;600&#8243;][vc_column_text] The artist is also among the pioneers in the use of Artificial Intelligence technologies in artistic projects. Inspired by the character Roberta Breitmore, Hershman Leeson develops two female AIs, Agent Ruby (1998-2002), an interactive, artificially intelligent web agent with a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"kayo-button-simple wvc-button wvc-button-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/hershman-leeson-lynn\/hershman-ai\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14199,"parent":13977,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[],"class_list":["post-14221","artists_ui","type-artists_ui","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry","clearfix","entry-grid","entry-columns-default","entry-artists_ui-module-layout-standard","thumbnail-color-tone-light","entry-artists_ui","entry-artists_ui-grid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists_ui\/14221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists_ui"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artists_ui"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists_ui\/13977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}