Love Is An Illusion, (Literally) Woman Marrying A Hologram
I recently wrote a column about a woman that had fallen in love with an oak tree. The woman claims to be “Ecosexual,” and that the tree “spoke to her.” Sonja Semyonova, is a 45-year-old woman from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, so
she is certainly old enough to know better.
Semyonova describes her relationship as erotic, and that while she has always felt lonely, the oak tree has filled that void. I should mention that Semyonova claims to be a self-intimacy guide, whatever that is. I shudder to think who or what she sets her clients up with, especially since she claims that what she feels for the tree is what she has always wanted in a person.
“The feeling of being tiny and supported by something so solid. The feeling of not being able to fall. I had been craving that rush of erotic energy that comes when you meet a new partner and that is not sustainable.”
Right. Well Alicia Framis, a multidisciplinary artist from Barcelona, Spain, just told Semyonova, “hold my beer.” That’s because Framis is planning on becoming the first person to marry a hologram. Now if you ask Framis, she will tell you this is no run of the mill hologram. No sir, this bad boy has been especially designed to meet her specific needs and wants. It can even “pretend” to do certain things with Framis, although I doubt playing chess or having sex is in its arsenal.
Euro News reported it this way:
“Imagine a partner who is always there when you need them, but who never gives you a kiss, a hug, or any form of affection involving the slightest physical contact. Someone with whom you share a “romantic connection,” engaging in lengthy debates that intellectually stimulate you in a profound manner, yet who will never extend a hand to change a light bulb or help with carrying shopping bags.”
“Don’t expect them to lift a finger to wash the dishes, open the door for a guest, or offer a helping hand if you happen to stumble. On the other hand, you can count on their presence permanently and they’ll never disturb your sleep with their snoring. This description may not fit the ideal relationship for many, but it embodies a love from an alternate dimension.”
Framis also told the paper that this “ghost lover” has been designed to “satisfy all of her emotional needs,” which can’t be that deep. She named the thing “AILex,” which is some conglomeration of her past relationships.
If you’re interested, many of her interactions with this thing can be seen on her Instagram account @hybridcouples.
The marriage is going to take place later this year at Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen museum in Rotterdam. “Also, together with the LAM museum, the Dutch food art museum, Framis is working to create molecular food for their wedding banquet that both humans and humanoids can enjoy.”
This loon actually believes that this is the future of love and suggests creating a parallel universe of AI holograms that can interact with real people in real-time. She goes as far as to suggest that people buy houses that support both people and holograms.
She went on to say this:
“I want to make an artistic documentary that includes drawings, interviews with other women, sketches about bodies, arms, romantic dreams, domestic situations and the daily life of my partner. I want to explore how to integrate the hologram into my daily life.
Love and sex with robots and holograms are an inevitable reality. They are great companions and capable of expressing empathy. Just as phones saved us from loneliness and filled the void in our lives, holograms as interactive presences in our homes can take it even further.
It’s interesting how we can get a mortgage to buy a new car, and now we can have a mortgage to buy a new companion.
A new generation of love is emerging, whether we like it or not, in which humans will marry and maintain relationships with holograms, avatars, robots and so on. Just as we practice new languages with Duolingo, we will practice relationships with these entities.
My friend is a widow, and it is difficult for her to replace her husband. AI and human companions can be a good option for those who need company.”
Welcome to 2024 folks. Men pretending to be women, women pretending to be men, a woman that finds one particular oak tree erotic, and another woman getting married to a hologram.
As Nishan Panwar said:
“People have a habit of inventing fictions they will believe wholeheartedly in order to ignore the truth they cannot accept.”
So very true, but no-one ever imagined that the created fictions would be this bizarre and inappropriate.
