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Startup Out of MIT Promises Digital Afterlife — Just Hand Over Your Data

Posted by timothy on from the ashes-to-ashes-dust-to-nsa dept.

v3rgEz writes "A new startup out of MIT offers early adopters a chance at the afterlife, of sorts: It promises to build an AI representation of the dearly departed based on chat logs, email, Facebook, and other digital exhaust generated over the years. "Eterni.me generates a virtual YOU, an avatar that emulates your personality and can interact with, and offer information and advice to your family and friends after you pass away," the team promises. But can a chat bot plus big data really produce anything beyond a creepy, awkward facsimile?"

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  1. No. by damn_registrars · · Score: 4, Interesting

    But can a chat bot plus big data really produce anything beyond a creepy, awkward facsimile?"

    No, it cannot. Once you're dead, you're dead. Game over.

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    Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
  2. Online and RL personalities are different by Calavar · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Even if these guys could make an AI algorithm that is 100% accurate if given the correct input, internet posts are not the best seed data. People tend to be dicks on the internet. I'm pretty sure most people would not like to interact with the online versions of their departed loved ones.