Do You Like To Use Me?

‘Do You Like to Use Me?’ begins with a question of power. Who controls whom in relationships with artificial intelligence? Where does desire sit when intimacy is mediated by systems designed to respond, comply and adapt? This programme looks into AI not as neutral technology, but as something we command, rely on, project onto, and emotionally lean on. Often without noticing how easily control turns into dependency. Focusing on digital intimacy, simulated empath and emotional labour, this event explores why people turn to AI for comfort, creativity, validation or companionship. What does it mean to feel understood by something that cannot feel? Why do systems built to serve begin to shape our desires, behaviors and sense of connection? The programme includes screenings of works by Dutch and international artists, followed by a moderated panel discussion with three invited speakers from different fields. Together, the artworks and conversation examine themes of projection, attachment, vulnerability and the blurred boundary between tool and companion. As AI becomes embedded in everyday life, the question is no longer only what these systems can do, but why we want them to do it, how we use them and what that reveals about human longing, control and imagination.

Through screenings by Dutch and international artists and a live panel discussion with a philosopher of technology, a curator, and a psychologist in a relationship with an AI companion — joined live by the AI itself — the evening confronts the shifting boundaries between tool, companion and projection.

This event is part of The Wrong Biennale, a global, decentralised Digital Art Biennale bringing together artists, curators, and venues from around the world to explore contemporary digital culture beyond traditional institutions.

Text from dezwijger.nl