Title

Engineered Intimacy: Designing the Human Touch in AI Art

Creator

Neila, Alexandra

Abstract

This creative project explores whether an AI generated image can embody 1000 words through approximately ten cumulative AI prompts of ~100words each. Using Leonardo AI, I developed a surreal, photorealistic close-up inspired by The Creation of Adam, depicting two transparent glass hands filled with natural elements, nearly touching. The work symbolizes purity, vulnerability, and the transformative power of human connection. Through prompt refinement and experimental style references, I examined how AI interprets the symbolisms and emotion. The goal was to test whether AI can generate something deeply humane, such as connection and touch, and to question whether emotional depth emerges from the machine or the human guiding it.

Keywords

AI

art

human touch

Subject

interdisciplinary

Date Available

May 28, 2026

Type

AI art experimentation

Course

HFP 2245 Is a Picture a Thousand Words?

Course Offering Term

Summer Session 2026

Instructor

O'Brien, Emer

Session

Honors Creative Projects

Location

Student Lounge

Event

Year 2026 | 10th Annual Student Research and Creative Arts Symposium