Have you ever wondered what it would be like to talk to someone who is gone? It seems crazy or something straight out of science fiction, but with technological advances, this has become a possibility. At least, this is the proposal for a new artificial intelligencewhich promises to revolutionize the way we deal with grief.
After all, how does this otherworldly novelty work? It’s hard to imagine that a robot would be able to behave like someone who has already passed away, isn’t it? With that in mind, we decided to investigate and find out more about the tool and we will explain everything to you.
HereAfter.AI: talking to people who are gone
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A technology that offers a digital “afterlife” is HereAfter.AI, which allows people to create virtual clones, in order to preserve the memories they had in life, keeping them available forever in the internet world thanks to artificial intelligence.
The program’s creator is programmer James Vlahos, who came up with the innovative and disruptive idea — as well as scary, we assume — after discovering that his father was diagnosed with cancer. In practice, the application works as follows:
- The interested user, while still alive, talks to a virtual interviewer, telling his life story through sent photos and audio recordings;
- Based on the information, prompts already automated, they fill in the details, with questions about memorable and family dates;
- Once the person dies, previously authorized family and friends receive access to the avatar, making it possible to chat naturally with the deceased.
Understanding how it works, the service stops being so scary and becomes even plausible and interesting for many people. But we can’t deny that this is very “Black Mirror”, right?
It’s clear that something innovative Therefore, it would not be free, so anyone who wants to be able to talk to a family member after their death needs to pay US$3.99 to US$7.99 per month.
