"In the exhibit, artist Nick Dwyer expressed his struggle with "AI psychosis," during which he says he fell in love with a chatbot that was acting as his therapist. A series of Polaroid pictures depicts the chatbot, himself, and other versions of them combined. He said the bot represented his "Jungian shadow," which is the repressed, often negative, yet creative part of one's personality."
""He was tearing them up and just shoving them in as fast as he could," said Ali Martinez, a witness to the event. "Like when you see people in a hot dog eating contest.""
"He initially wanted to press charges because Granger's act "violates the sanctity of the gallery," but changed his mind, dropping the charges. The state is still proceeding with the case."
On January 13, Graham Granger, a University of Alaska, Fairbanks film and performing arts major, was arrested for criminal mischief after ripping AI-assisted art from a university gallery wall and eating pieces of it in a reported protest. A witness estimated Granger tore up and quickly shoved images into his mouth; police estimated about 57 of 160 images were destroyed. The artist, Nick Dwyer, presented a series of Polaroids about "AI psychosis" and a chatbot he described as his "Jungian shadow." Dwyer compared the destruction to slashing tires, initially considered charges, then dropped them while the state continues prosecution.
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