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Meta patents AI that takes over a dead person account to keep posting-chatting
- netsharc 8mo ago> [Zuck] emphasized that such systems should require the person’s consent, saying it “should ultimately be your call.” I'd find it morbidly hilarious (I'd be outraged too, but the lack of tact and the ensuing outrage would be hilarious) if it's enabled by default and users have to opt-out. Using the simulation of dead people for content engagement in the attention-economy and Zuck-enrichment... If anyone is capable of that, it'd be him. "Becky [Your highschool crush, FB knows how many hours you lurked her profile] liked your latest 5 Instagram posts... would you like to reach out?"
- plagiarist 8mo agoFinally we can all have parasocial relationships with homunculi created from the superficial memories of our deceased crushes.
- blacksmith_tb 8mo agoSo now the Are You Dead app [1] can just reply "yes I am, how are you?". 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_Dead%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_Dead%3F
- nytesky 8mo agoSo we have moved from The Onion to Black Mirror realities? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Right_Back https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Right_Back
- __lain__ 8mo agoI guess when your user base is dying it makes sense to resort to necromancy.
- spprashant 8mo agoThis is exactly the kind of AI innovation I d expect from Meta. Profiting of teenage girl insecurities was just not doing it anymore.
- conception 8mo agoDead Internet Theory jumps shark.
- Induane 8mo agoWhy are companies hell bent on manifesting literally every episode of Black Mirror?
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- bentt 8mo agoLeave it to Zuck to not only pursue this morbid idea, but to add a dollop of poo on top with a patent. Bravo!
- trolleski 8mo agoHow creepy but yet how fitting to Meta!
- metalman 8mo agothis reads like an attempt to patent indivual style and then weaponise that to prosecute anyone with a "similar" style for infingment
- lozf 8mo agoSome information about this leaked 3 years ago (February 2023), see: https://cdn.xcancel.com/pic/orig/64D3E63614C36/media%2FHBUh4irbgAAktmd.jpg https://cdn.xcancel.com/pic/orig/64D3E63614C36/media%2FHBUh4... via https://xcancel.com/BasedTorba/status/2023560958023450771 https://xcancel.com/BasedTorba/status/2023560958023450771
- svilen_dobrev 8mo agohow long to s1m0ne ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_(2002_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_(2002_film)
- doron 8mo agoGreat idea. Dead grandma will encourage grieving grandpa to get ED drugs in bargain prices and give free suicide ideation ideas to the grandkids. Yay