As I write this, Matt Bonner is dying. Any day now. But he doesn't want to risk being forgotten.
He has terminal cancer. To preserve his memory for his loved ones, he's speaking with a legacy coach who works for the Eternos Project. (htt…
As I write this, Matt Bonner is dying. Any day now. But he doesn't want to risk being forgotten.
He has terminal cancer. To preserve his memory for his loved ones, he's speaking with a legacy coach who works for the Eternos Project. (https://eternos.life/) Eternos collects letters, videos, photos, interviews, and anything else clients like Bonner want to include to recreate their voice after death using AI.
“I was simply amazed by the breadth of what can be done,” Bonner told NewsNation. (https://www.newsnationnow.com/business/tech/ai/ai-preserve-peoples-legacy/)
“Going is hard, but when you know that some things are staying back … when your legacy is staying in a vault and is available for your children, grandchildren … this gives you a kind of closure. I can go now,” he said.
Bonner or some digitized version of Bonner on a server will be able to talk to his loved ones.
“My life essence is everything you give, free and willing, you get back double,” Bonner said. “I really want to get this principle over to my children and grandchildren.”
I understand the sentiment, but is anyone else creeped out by this? Like an increasing amount of now, this sounds like a sci-fi movie. It's a bizarre side effect of the modern condition, a continuous feeling that much of our world is beyond reason.
I wouldn't do this. I don't think a digitized version of me is me. Would you?
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