343iBot Posted January 22, 2021 Report Share Posted January 22, 2021 Microsoft has been given the green light on a new patent that allows the company to revive dead people by turning their digital and real-life footprints into artificial intelligence chatbots. According to the patent--which was filed on December 1, 2020--the tech allows Microsoft to cull "images, voice data, social media posts, electronic messages, and more personal information" to create a digital profile of someone to build a chatbot of them. While the most obvious application is "to make a chatbot using the personal information of deceased people," the patent notes that it could also "correspond to a past or present entity (or a version thereof), such as a friend, a relative, an acquaintance, a celebrity, a fictional character, a historical figure, a random entity, etc." The tech could even be used to create an AI chatbot of onself. The patent goes on to say that "living users could train a digital replacement in the event of their death." Should it come to fruition, Microsoft will basically allow people to live forever in cyberspace. Continue Reading at GameSpotView the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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