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This so reminds me of the Battlestat Galatica prequel Caprica, where Daniel Graystone brings back his dead daughter as a V-space bot, thereby leading to the cre

This so reminds me of the Battlestat Galatica prequel Caprica, where Daniel Graystone brings back his dead daughter as a V-space bot, thereby leading to the creation of the first Cylon. I cannot see this as being helpful to the grieving process. I do see it being useful for businesses: create a chat or VR bot of a founder or shrewd executive to tap their take on things on demand. This is similar to the ghost AIs in Cyberpunk 2020, and to the corporate ghosts in the Cat series by Joan D. Vinge.

gpderetta 6y ago
The original undead AI construct is possibly Dixie Flatline in Neuromancer.
- Communitivity 6y ago
  Definitely in modern times. I think though that the original undead AI construct would be the robot Hel/Maria, in the 1925 movie Metropolis. Unless you count Frankenstein, published in 1818 by Mary Shelley, but that seems more a biological body and mind brought back to life, rather than a robotic AI construct. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(1927_film)#Plot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(1927_film)#Plot
mikro2nd 6y ago
What leads you to believe that a chatbot version of the proverbial "shrewd founder/exec" would be capable of the same insight? Anyway. I'd want to come back as Clippy.
- Communitivity 6y ago
  Synthetic life will be able to do just about everything we can do once we create true Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), which is what most people think of when they think of AI. This is why irresponsible research into AGIs is such a concern for many in the field. I do not believe we will ever capture emotion perfectly in synthetic life. I think they will be capable of feeling, just not the way we do. As a result, I think Art will be an area where humans will still dominate. More specifically, our forms of Art. Since I believe they will eventually be able to feel, but not the way we do, it stands to reason that they'll have Art forms but ones that are greatly different from ours. Business management is mostly a science based on 95% logic, 5% intuition, and that intuition is more subconscious hyper-logic than emotion. To me that means an AGI trained from the personality and thoughts of a business leader should be able to make similar (if not the same) decisions as what the business leader would have in life. I think V-space clones like Zoe, except for business, will be a thing for this reason.
jklehm 6y ago
Black Mirror did an episode on how this kind of AI would affect grief as well[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Right_Back https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Right_Back

gpderetta 6y ago

The original undead AI construct is possibly Dixie Flatline in Neuromancer.

Communitivity 6y ago
Definitely in modern times. I think though that the original undead AI construct would be the robot Hel/Maria, in the 1925 movie Metropolis. Unless you count Frankenstein, published in 1818 by Mary Shelley, but that seems more a biological body and mind brought back to life, rather than a robotic AI construct. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(1927_film)#Plot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(1927_film)#Plot

mikro2nd 6y ago

What leads you to believe that a chatbot version of the proverbial "shrewd founder/exec" would be capable of the same insight? Anyway. I'd want to come back as Clippy.

Communitivity 6y ago
Synthetic life will be able to do just about everything we can do once we create true Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), which is what most people think of when they think of AI. This is why irresponsible research into AGIs is such a concern for many in the field. I do not believe we will ever capture emotion perfectly in synthetic life. I think they will be capable of feeling, just not the way we do. As a result, I think Art will be an area where humans will still dominate. More specifically, our forms of Art. Since I believe they will eventually be able to feel, but not the way we do, it stands to reason that they'll have Art forms but ones that are greatly different from ours. Business management is mostly a science based on 95% logic, 5% intuition, and that intuition is more subconscious hyper-logic than emotion. To me that means an AGI trained from the personality and thoughts of a business leader should be able to make similar (if not the same) decisions as what the business leader would have in life. I think V-space clones like Zoe, except for business, will be a thing for this reason.

jklehm 6y ago

Black Mirror did an episode on how this kind of AI would affect grief as well[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Right_Back https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Right_Back