Artist Iginio De Luca uses ChatGPT to converse with his deceased mother in Rome performance

On August 21, 2023, Italian artist Iginio De Luca staged a public performance titled "Gioia mia" in Rome. He drove a billboard truck through twenty locations significant to his relationship with his late mother, Giuliana Rossetti, who died over twenty years ago. The truck displayed five questions De Luca wrote in black ink, alongside five answers in blue ink that he recreated from his mother's handwriting by studying her original writings. The content of the answers was generated by ChatGPT, which De Luca trained on his mother's personal history. The route included places such as the apartment where she lived after marriage, the balcony from which she waved goodbye, and the nursing home where she passed away. The performance blended intimate memories with AI technology, creating a public dialogue between the artist and his deceased mother.