Nina Rajcic and SensiLab

Who knows you best? The machine or you?

Don’t be fooled by appearances, this is no ordinary mirror. Once you’re alone together, the AI assesses your emotional state. Sometimes humans struggle to put their feeling into words. That’s never a problem for this AI. Based on how it perceives your emotions, it composes a tailored poem just for you. Some say that AI is taking over the world, but can it meaningfully connect with us? This mirror explores AIs ability to perceive human emotions and creates new ways to collaborate on our perception of our feelings. See what the machine reveals about you. BEWARE: sometimes it’s real shady for no reason.

Does reading the poem change how you feel?

Nina Rajcic is an artist, researcher and developer with a background in particle physics, as well as industry experience in data science and engineering. She is currently doing her PhD looking into machine understandings of human emotion. Her work focuses on the critical role that language takes in the framing and reframing of emotional experiences and memories. With Mirror Ritual she is experimenting with the development of a creative collaboration between humans and machines.

Nina is currently undertaking her PhD at SensiLab, Monash University. She holds a Bachelor's of Science, and a Masters of Physics (Theoretical Particle Physics) from The University of Melbourne.