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🧬 Digital Clones of the Deceased: Navigating the intersection of Ethics, Emotions, and Innovation, Inspired by #SanJunipero
A thread delving into the captivating idea of reuniting with our lost loved ones through digital means. Let's dive in! 🧵👇
A thread delving into the captivating idea of reuniting with our lost loved ones through digital means. Let's dive in! 🧵👇
2/ The Inspiration: #BlackMirror's San Junipero episode introduces us to a simulated reality where people can live after death or visit while alive. This concept raises thought-provoking questions about digital afterlife and its potential consequences.
3/ The Idea: By utilizing LLMs and AI (only made possible recently), digital clones replicate the personality, appearance, and voice of the deceased, providing a virtual connection. But, is pursuing it really a no-brainer?
4/ Ethical Considerations: Much like San Junipero, digital clones may offer solace to the grieving, yet some argue it could reduce the complexity and beauty of life, death, and memory to mere weights in a neural network.
5/ Emotional Consequences: While digital clones can offer continuity, they might also prolong grieving or foster unhealthy attachments, similar to the choices faced by Yorkie and Kelly in San Junipero.
6/ Future Implications: As technology progresses, digital clones could present unique opportunities for virtual interactions, storytelling, saying unsaid words and resolving unresolved issues with the deceased.
7/ LLMs are improving at a staggering rate and have reduced the timescales of innovation by multiple orders of magnitude.
🚀 Want to see this in action? 100 Retweets and I will make an Open Source project for creating digital clones.
🚀 Want to see this in action? 100 Retweets and I will make an Open Source project for creating digital clones.
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