Post by Cj on Jul 6, 2024 15:48:58 GMT
....would you consider one?
Apparently, and I have this on good authority...(ie me granny Dolly who passed away 10 years ago...
), well, apparently, after a loved one passes away, for a sum of money, (of course!) tech companies will take your digital data, ie videos, texts, emails, voicemails etc, of your loved one and make a 'grief' tech app for you to download, supposedly to help with the grieving process. An algorithm creates a digital avatar in the image of the loved one.
You choose how you want to interact, ie chatbox, conversational, video or even something called an 'interactive seance'...I don't think I would ever sleep again if I had one of them with me granny, she was scary enough in the flesh
We already interact with Avatars, ie Alexa, Siri etc, and Deep Learning Apps like OPEN AI's GPT 3 can evoke the manners of a specific person and uses voice cloning with the data provided to enable you to have a conversation with them.....all very scary stuff to me.
What has to be a serious concern is how all that data will be used when the tech companies have got their hands on it. If this is the way of the future, then I think that we should be able to express, as part of our Will, whether or not we give permission for our data to be used in this way.
This info could easily be used for commercial purposes, and if the data gets into the wrong hands, goodness knows what nefarious purposes it could be used for...for eg....there you are having a chat with Dolly who pegged it 10 years ago when she suddenly goes off on a rant as to why you should be voting for Farage....or the Donald...or Macron..and telling you that the big 5 carat emerald you are still searching for will stay buried unless you do! Farage all the way for me in that case
Would this end up reshaping the way we memorialise them? At the moment we maybe toast them on Christmas Day or special days, visit a favourite place, play pieces of music which are meaningful to us/them, would an avatar where you can interact with them whenever you wanted to help the grieving process, or would it actually prolong it by not letting our minds and bodies accept it naturally and healthily.?
Maybe as well as DNR stated in our Wills, there should be a DDNR option too, ie Digital Do Not Reanimate, rather than leave that decision to those left behind.
Apparently, and I have this on good authority...(ie me granny Dolly who passed away 10 years ago...
), well, apparently, after a loved one passes away, for a sum of money, (of course!) tech companies will take your digital data, ie videos, texts, emails, voicemails etc, of your loved one and make a 'grief' tech app for you to download, supposedly to help with the grieving process. An algorithm creates a digital avatar in the image of the loved one.You choose how you want to interact, ie chatbox, conversational, video or even something called an 'interactive seance'...I don't think I would ever sleep again if I had one of them with me granny, she was scary enough in the flesh
We already interact with Avatars, ie Alexa, Siri etc, and Deep Learning Apps like OPEN AI's GPT 3 can evoke the manners of a specific person and uses voice cloning with the data provided to enable you to have a conversation with them.....all very scary stuff to me.
What has to be a serious concern is how all that data will be used when the tech companies have got their hands on it. If this is the way of the future, then I think that we should be able to express, as part of our Will, whether or not we give permission for our data to be used in this way.
This info could easily be used for commercial purposes, and if the data gets into the wrong hands, goodness knows what nefarious purposes it could be used for...for eg....there you are having a chat with Dolly who pegged it 10 years ago when she suddenly goes off on a rant as to why you should be voting for Farage....or the Donald...or Macron..and telling you that the big 5 carat emerald you are still searching for will stay buried unless you do! Farage all the way for me in that case
Would this end up reshaping the way we memorialise them? At the moment we maybe toast them on Christmas Day or special days, visit a favourite place, play pieces of music which are meaningful to us/them, would an avatar where you can interact with them whenever you wanted to help the grieving process, or would it actually prolong it by not letting our minds and bodies accept it naturally and healthily.?
Maybe as well as DNR stated in our Wills, there should be a DDNR option too, ie Digital Do Not Reanimate, rather than leave that decision to those left behind.
hope we are all enjoying a brill weekend, will catch up later xx
who is going through the mill at the mo, wishing you a very speedy recovery Trisha big luv 
storm brewing, must get me cauldron out 
