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Meta patents AI that takes over a dead person’s account to keep posting and chatting - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/technology/p/1785983/meta-patents-ai-that-takes-over-a-dead-persons-account-to-keep-posting-and-chatting-dex

Meta has been granted a patent outlining an AI system capable of simulating a user’s activity on social media to post after their death.

Some fucked up shit.

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[–] marine_mustang@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Mikoshi was even housed in orbital data centers. How prescient is Pondsmith?

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Ehhh, the idea predates Cyberpunk pretty well. Digital immortality was a theme in some sci-fi going all the way back to the 50s with Asimov's "The Last Question" (though that was more Matrix-style consciousness upload).