From NewsMax.com (June 22):
Your body can't go on forever, but your memories and personality can – at least in digital form, stored in a library of "people instead of books," a new startup promises.
The Silicon Valley company, Eternime, aims to feed the digital data into "chatbots" that let you speak from the grave.
"Become virtually immortal," the website beckons. "Eternime collects your thoughts, stories and memories, curates them and creates an intelligent avatar that looks like you. This avatar will live forever and allow other people in the future to access your memories."
An illustration shows a bearded man's head smiling from a computer screen. [read more]
Interesting and yet kind of creepy. It’s too bad the company doesn’t show a demo on their website. Not that I’m interested but to any prospective consumer who would like to get an idea of their product. I am guessing that since this is a chatbot it doesn’t use the deceased’s voice during the conversation—which would be a nice feature. Also, since chatbot shows the deceased’s head, does the head move when the person talks? Another nice feature if not already implemented.
What would really be creepy is if this chatbot was part of the deceased’s headstone. Then any relative or anyone else for that matter could talk with the person. You never know. Maybe someone would like to talk to the famous. Possibly motion activated (which could scare some people especially at night) or just touch screen activated. In the future, a hologram of the person could be projected from the tombstone and talk to you when you touch the screen. On second thought, maybe that adds too much to the creepy factor.
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