HumanTTS: ME, BEING LATE by Sarah Rothberg

HumanTTS: ME, BEING LATE2025

Video (black and white, sound)Dimensions variableEdition of 3, 1 AP

HumanSTT: ME (speech-to-text) adds humanness back into the generative scripts produced by FOREVER MEETINGS. In this diptych video, the artist edits and rewrites a script that is then read aloud by two avatars. This text-to-speech piece invites the viewer to think deeply about their own language—including how it is used to inform large language models and how those models enfold back into our language. Hypothetical answers to Rothberg’s own questions of virtue and integrity, such as “Is greed natural?", “Is making art a type of sickness”, and “Why do people hold hands??” are edited in the artist's own voice and presented for the viewer to contemplate. The artist’s text echoes in cacophony alongside visitor’s voices, computer-generated AI transcripts, and Sophie’s recitations.

This work is produced in collaboration with Yotam Mann (AI System Engineer), Marpi (Animation System and Unity Developer), and Han Zhang (Production Assistant).

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