May 2, 2024
Lou Reed’s Widow Resurrected Him as an AI, “Sadly Addicted” to Talking to It
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in category: robotics/AI
Since before ChatGPT was even a thing, Laurie Anderson, the widow and longtime collaborator of the late Lou Reed, has been talking to an AI chatbot modeled after her late partner — and now, she’s hooked.
In a new interview with The Guardian, the 76-year-old experimental artist who just won a “Lifetime Achievement” award at this year’s Grammys acknowledged the outrageousness of her regular conversations with an AI built to mimic her superstar husband that died a decade ago.
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