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  1. Lauren Lee McCarthy is a Chinese-American artist and computer programmer based in Los Angeles. McCarthy creates artworks that use a variety of media and techniques, including performance, artificial intelligence and programmed computer-based interaction.

  2. Lauren Lee McCarthy is an LA-based artist examining social relationships in the midst of surveillance, automation, and algorithmic living.

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    “The process begins with an installation of a series of custom-networked devices that include cameras, microphones, switches, door locks, faucets, and other electronics. For three days, I remotely watch over the person 24/7 and control all aspects of their home. I attempt to be better than an AI, because I can understand them as a person and antici...

    2019 Creative Capital Grantee
    ZERO1 Arts Incubator Resident
    Sundance Institute Fellow
    Eyebeam Resident
    Ars Electronica
    Barbican Centre
    Fotomuseum Winterthur
    SIGGRAPH
    2019 New York Art Galleries: What to See Right Now, New York Times
    2019 Lauren: the performance art taking on Amazon’s Alexa, Financial Times
    2019 Let me into your home: Artist Lauren McCarthy on becoming Alexa for a day, Guardian
    2019 Between Body and Machine, A New Humanism Is Imagined, Hyperallergic
    McCarthy’s website: http://lauren-mccarthy.com/
    McCarthy’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenleemack?lang=en
    • 211 McGuinness Blvd, Unit 327 Brooklyn United States
    • mkb@marniebenney.com
  3. Sep 29, 2020 · Lauren McCarthy is a Chinese-American artist who explores the impact of Artificial Intelligence on our intimacy and identity. She impersonated Alexa, created open source coding systems, and asked people to share their heartfelt emotions in her solo show in Shanghai.

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  4. Oct 5, 2022 · Artist and computer scientist Lauren Lee McCarthy has spent days working virtually as a human “Alexa” in strangers’ homes. She’s created a 24-hour machine-driven cocktail party where software controls the actions and conversation of the human host.

  5. May 14, 2019 · McCarthy, a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT), is fascinated by the “grey area” where technology, art and life meet. In an earlier piece, Social Turkers, she outsourced...

  6. Lauren Lee McCarthy is an artist examining social relationships in the midst of automation, surveillance, and algorithmic living.