SUPERPROMPT, a solo exhibition by Sarah Rothberg, inquires about the impact of technology on shared discourse. Exhibited works introduce conversational interfaces through durational performance. SUPERPROMPT underscores the use of large language models, a type of machine learning focused on the sequence of words, and in doing so, amplifies the particularities of placing linguistic information in the context of conversation.
The exhibition takes inspiration from a chatbot’s account of Sophie, an AI-hallucinated performance by Rothberg that purportedly surveyed the intersection of artificial intelligence and human emotion. This fabrication emphasizes how statements made by AI chatbots are often presented with authority, even if they are false. Rothberg augments this narrative by creating Sophie as an avatar to be used as a conversational interface. Both the artist and Sophie guide visitors through the exhibition as dialogue partners and performers.