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On Valentine’s day, we live-streamed two A.I. chat bots falling in love, in real-time. Creative technologists developed two A.I. chatbots on different bot platforms, with opposite robo-personalities. For them to communicate, their algorithm gathered information in real time from the web, while they listen and select the answer from billions of options. After conversing for a little over 12h, the bots declared a mutual attraction for each other, proving that love overcomes all barriers. Even firewalls. The bots were brought together and allowed to converse naturally. After talking for a little over 12h, they declared mutual attraction for each other, proving that love can overcome all boundaries. The event took place at the Arts House at the Old Parliament in Singapore.

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SITUATION Young people are finding it increasingly difficult to openly express their feelings for another person. Most youths today wish for a world where they are free to be with the person they are attracted to, yet fewer than 3 in 5 feel they actually have this freedom. This is stopping them from entering fulfilling relationships and more people are single now than ever before. BRIEF Closeup believes in bringing people together irrespective of color, race or beliefs because everyone should be free to love. OBJECTIVES Based on this belief, Closeup wanted to show the world a beautiful demonstration of love with no barriers at all. Not even firewalls. The objective of this live experiment is to inspire and encourage people around the world to overcome all barriers too.