https://omeka.westernsydney.edu.au/adelta/files/original/49d1d99eb5f3305556ab16bce84ecaeb.png 4418dea2d5c8fe3beb510647a0ea5580 https://omeka.westernsydney.edu.au/adelta/files/original/701740e011f884eeca3cb1bb279b2afd.png f3a4b180b05bb415102a846fde7eceb4 ADELTA Item Items included in the Australian Directory of Electronic Literature and Text-based Art (ADELTA). Platform Software platform or means of display e.g Installation / YouTube / HTML / Flash / Twitter / QuickTime Social Media Work URL The URL of the original work, included as an HTML link. <a href="http://chrisrodley.com/2014/02/25/b-e-t-t-y/">http://chrisrodley.com/2014/02/25/b-e-t-t-y/</a> Related Website 1 The URL of a related web page such as a YouTube clip or Vimeo, included as an HTML link. <a href="http://miscellanea.com/artworks/b-e-t-t-y/">http://miscellanea.com/artworks/b-e-t-t-y/</a> Artist Statement A statement about the work, as provided by the artist(s). When ELIZA, the world's first chatbot, was born in the 1960s, users were startled at how much the psychotherapist in the program resembled a human. Since then, chatbots have become increasingly sophisticated; some predict that a computer will pass the Turing test of successfully impersonating a human within the next decade. But in the age of Big Data, does it make sense to say that bots are imitating us? Many already are us, constituted from the thoughts and emotions we share every day online. B.E.T.T.Y. seeks to draw attention to the ghost in the machine of AI the humans who unwittingly control the wonderful Wizard of Oz from behind the curtain, and crouch inside the Mechanical Turk. Audience members are invited to share their private thoughts with an entity created by data-mining millions of social media messages in real time. Is artificial intelligence really so artificial after all? And do these cyborgian interlocutors lend us an empathetic ear, or cold comfort? B.E.T.T.Y. was a new media installation for the Art Gallery of New South Wales Society Contempo series exhibition in February 2014. Source of Artist Statement The source of information included in the Artist Statement, included as an HTML link to the relevant URL where possible. <a href="http://chrisrodley.com/2014/02/25/b-e-t-t-y/">Excerpt from author's website</a> Genre Networked new media installation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Rodley_Burrell_BETTY Title A name given to the resource B.E.T.T.Y. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rodley, Chris Burrell, Andrew Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Language A language of the resource English Description An account of the resource <strong>Artist Statement</strong><br />When ELIZA, the world's first chatbot, was born in the 1960s, users were startled at how much the psychotherapist in the program resembled a human. Since then, chatbots have become increasingly sophisticated; some predict that a computer will pass the Turing test of successfully impersonating a human within the next decade. But in the age of Big Data, does it make sense to say that bots are imitating us? Many already are us, constituted from the thoughts and emotions we share every day online.<br />B.E.T.T.Y. seeks to draw attention to the ghost in the machine of AI the humans who unwittingly control the wonderful Wizard of Oz from behind the curtain, and crouch inside the Mechanical Turk. Audience members are invited to share their private thoughts with an entity created by data-mining millions of social media messages in real time. Is artificial intelligence really so artificial after all? And do these cyborgian interlocutors lend us an empathetic ear, or cold comfort? B.E.T.T.Y. was a new media installation for the Art Gallery of New South Wales Society Contempo series exhibition in February 2014.<br /><a href="http://chrisrodley.com/2014/02/25/b-e-t-t-y/">Source of Artist Statement</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright Chris Rodley and Andrew Burrell. The copyright of images posted on the ADELTA Website belongs to third parties and is included on this website by permission from copyright holders. Apart from any use permitted by the Copyright Act 1968 (including fair dealing) the images may not be downloaded, adapted, remixed, printed, emailed, stored in a cache or otherwise reproduced without the written permission from the copyright holder. Andrew Burrell Chris Rodley Installation Interactive Text New media