Ruby is a female AI web agent, who is shaped through the interaction with users, and ultimately recognises their voice and is able to have her mood and emotions. She learns through the conversations, and becomes better at them.
“Individual subjects are what they are in and through the mediation of the socio-linguistic arrangements. These arrangements are ingrained into us from birth, and it is through the use of language and symbols that we interact with each other. A similar situation is occurring when seekers interact with Agent Ruby. She is continuously learning as she interacts with with users, allowing her to create an identity. Through Agent Ruby, Lynn Hershman is exploring ideas of identity and interaction, social influences, behaviour and development. Every word that Ruby uses to respond to the seekers is part of a symbolic chain that not only seekers identify with, but that Ruby identifies with as she learns and evolves. “
Dina (2004) is a continuation. An improved web agent. She is an animated, artificially intelligent female character with speech recognition and live animated facial gestures.
Sources:
https://wiki.ubc.ca/Agent_Ruby
Agent Ruby
Catherine M.B. 
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