What does the author make of it?
When beginning to talk about building relationships, Abrahams brings up the idea of machine-mediated intimacy and how her works have been so focused on the term. Opening up to a sense of vulnerability brings up the closest and most intimate connections which can be seen from her software Separation. The word choice of "machine" is referring to the connotation of a computer. The tense love-hate relationship between human and computer is what stems RSI. The pain. The empathy is built through any user participating in the given exercises to hopefully get a sense of the pain from the extend relationship.
To read the entire interview here is the link- http://digicult.it/digimag/issue-058/annie-abrahams-allergic-to-utopias/
Brianna Van Zanten