AI Meets the Social Feed: A Review of Public Reactions on Instagram

Virtual Valerie 2 (VV2) is the game that follows Virtual Valerie (1990) in Mike Saenz’s videography. Like Saenz’s other games, VV2 allows players to have sexual relations with a female character. The most notable distinctions from VV1 and MacPlaymate are the graphics, which employ a form of primitive 3D, as well as the gameplay. As in the other games, a “Panic” button allows for quick exit from the game in case of involuntary interruption in the real world or the need to hide one’s screen (at work, for example). Description While it remains a point-and-click game, the gameplay is slightly different: the player, in a first-person shooter (FPS) view, moves between three rooms where different scenes take place. Targets appear on Valerie’s body (in most cases, on her breasts and genitals). To score points, the player must click on these targets and drag a floating hand over them, which then begins to caress Valerie. After a few moments, the hand must be moved to a new target, and the process repeated until the virtual character reaches orgasm: the screen shakes, movements speed up, and the “Climax” button flashes wildly… The scene ends and transitions to the next. Once all the scenes in a room are completed, players return to the room selection menu. While it is possible to skip scenes using a dedicated button, the objective of the game remains to bring Valerie to orgasm. The process is therefore highly mechanical and repetitive. “I don’t know. I think you have to be a really boring lover to get her to cum. That’s the way it was designed.”—Mike Saenz, in “A Conversation with Mike Saenz,” by Laura Grindstaff & Julie Palsmeier. https://nideffer.net/proj/SPEED/1.2/saenz.html One secret level proves more “interesting”: in line with its creator’s intention to appeal to a broader audience (reference), Valerie engages in lesbian sex with a partner and even develops a penis that she can fellate herself. It should be noted that the game nonetheless remains trapped within a framework of sexist and heteronormative representations.

Project context: To enrich our study of sex technologies within the Fucking Tech! project, we conducted multiple case studies examining existing technologies (artworks, video games, chatbots, etc.). This collage, composed of images from different origins and media, seeks to capture the imaginary of “artificial” bodies. Through the assembly of images and body parts, this visual map reveals the range of aesthetic possibilities for erotic and eroticized bodies. Visually, we adopted the sampling aesthetic that dominates sex doll retail sites, which emphasize the modular nature of their products and the extensive customization options available. Within this visual ecology, the marketing of detachable components creates a sense of wholeness: the technologized body becomes almost inevitably tied to proliferation—of variants, options, and possibilities. References 1 – Realbotix. 2025. Melody. 2 – Post on the Instagram account of @dolorsilenium (artist). 2025. 3 – Garcia Gabriella, Arnab Chakravarty. 2025. Project D33pthr0at: DIY Small AI for your (Censored) Community. 4 – Junji Ito, doooo. 2022. Blinking Eye Dice. 5 – Junji Ito, doooo. 2022. Blinking Eye Dice & Mouth Coin Purse. 6 – Junji Ito, doooo. 2022. Mouth Coin Purse. 7 – Post on the Instagram account of @chatgptricks. 2025. AI Slop is killing the internet. 8 – Ku, Kuang-Yi. 2018.  The Fellatio Modification Project – Male Masturbation Cup Mouth. 9 – Replika. Luka Inc. 2024. (Advertisment campaign). 10 – Post on the instagram account of @chatgptricks. 2025. AI Slop is killing the internet. 11 – Junji Ito, doooo. 2022. Ears items. 12 – Calzolari, Maria. 2024. Homeopape.  13 – Calzolari, Maria. 2024. Homeopape, in Toward the Realm of Materiality (Nero Editions). 14 – Post on the Instagram account of @filipcustic (Filip Ćustić, artist). 2025. 15 – sxtecheu. 2025. Pleasure Expo. (Advertisment campaign). 16 – Quicho. 2025. Girl Intelligence. (Book Cover) 17 – Nicola L. 1969. Little-TV Woman. 18 – Schrager, Leah. 2016. Infinity-Selfie. 19 – Weiss, Thomas. 2001. Fantasy Environments. 20 – Ex-Robots. 2024. Humanoid Robots. 21 – Laurens, Ellis. 2022. Shapeshifting (as a way not to be perceived). 22 – Post on the Instagram account of @arvidabystrom (Arvida Byström, artist). 2024. 23 – Post on the Instagram account of @angelfir.e (Cynthia, artist). 2025. 24 – Post on the Instagram account of @angelfir.e (Cynthia, artist). 2025. 25 – De Luca, Melani. 2024. Post-Butt : The power of the image.  26 – Ploeger, Daniel. 2020. Plug anal B-Hind. 27 – Irontech. 2024. Facelab.mobil. (Advertisement campaign). 28 – Ku, Kuang-Yi with de Vries Henry. 2022. Atlas of Queer Anatomy.   29 – Ku, Kuang-Yi. 2018. Tiger Penis Project. 30 – Ku, Kuang-Yi with de Vries Henry. 2022. Atlas of Queer Anatomy.  31 – Agnes3D-Art. 28 histoires complètes. 32 – Post on the Instagram account of @angelfir.e (Cynthia, artist). 2025.