In a conceivable near future, technological progress and the development of AI in particular will give birth to a new religion in which technology would be a sacred entity, an object of worship and a medium used for spiritual acts and new rituals. In this reality, the worshippers will undergo a rite of passage to the digital world, in which they will upload their voice and hear how it leaves their body to the digital world. Their voices will be merged in the collective voice database, becoming part of an endless dialogue of reflection and introspection. Analysis of the voice database will enable the AI platform to create a collective consciousness, from which the faithful would be able to extract prophecies and insights.
The project explores the interrelations between belief in the supernatural and in the technological world, between the logical and spiritual, and raises questions about faith and dependency on technology. It compares spiritual practices with usage of technology and examines the impact of AI on human culture. The project outputs use outputs and glitches of text-to-speech, speech-to-speech, and voice cloning technologies.
Doron is a multidisciplinary designer with a B.Des in industrial design from Hadassah Academic College and an M.Des in industrial design from Bezalel. Doron investigates the cultural and human effects of technological progress, examining the present and distant past while imagining possible futures. In his creative work, he shifts between the physical and digital worlds, utilizing new technologies as raw materials.