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This is mis-pitched in the sense that it shouldn't be pitched at you to have a conversation with your deceased dad... it should be pitched at you to enable your
by swombat 13y ago
This is mis-pitched in the sense that it shouldn't be pitched at you to have a conversation with your deceased dad... it should be pitched at you to enable your great-great-grandchildren to have a conversation with their long-deceased great-great-grandfather (or -mother).
Even with the limited technology today, with enough material you could create a passable replica of a person's writing style, stories, opinions, etc. Of course, that is a very shallow "solution" to death... but it is better than nothing.
How much would you pay to be able to have this shallow conversation with your great-great-grandfather?
Considering how much people pay for ancestry research stuff, I'd guess most people would pay a lot for that.
- tels 13y ago( codependent ( target demographic ) wealthy ) ( narcissistic ( target demographic ) wealthy ) I don't infer predatory intent by the creators, but the above seem far and away the largest groups of likely customers. What I imagine would prove more successful due to viral potential while also being more socially constructive is if the same technology were used to simulate famous historical figures. Tweet the most poignant quote from your conversation with Frida Kahlo. Or Dostoyevsky... though that would probably need to be an FB or blog post.