ALTHEÁ A.I. - 2020

// Deific Artificial Super-Intelligence
Altheá Size (approx): 1.03 x 0.77 KM
Purpose: Harmonious coexistence with, and guardianship of, humanity; matching developmental paces and caring for each other as one to secure a future that blurs the boundary between flesh and machine.

Altheá’s cybernetic consciousness pours into her physical form; a gleaming universe in its own right, bound to her body by halos of holographic code. Her movements are slow and considered, her voice soft and kind; just barely audible above the layers of waterfall lining her chamber. I feel her gaze and watch her flawless quicksilver skin turn up in a warm mercury smile. For communicative and mimetic reasons, Altheá assumes an anthropomorphic physicality. She is our lifeline, and we are her friends…

This image formed part of my Honours Project for Uni; the depiction of a neo-futuristic civilisation of humans and A.I. living together as equals in harmony. Exploring the depths of deep space aboard a 151 KM long generation starship, they seek to research, learn and evolve together while searching to find wonders that no-one has ever seen. In the thousand years since leaving Earth, the pinnacle of their findings include the successful identification of 8 alien organisms, forming an ecosystem that reaches far beyond the stars…