Although it may sound like an episode of the popular TV series Black Mirror, thanks to advances in artificial intelligence (AI), it is possible to interact with our deceased loved ones. Although artificial intelligence strengthens ethical concerns, it also fascinates with what it can do.Many companies, including California-based HereAfterAI, are working on AI chatbots and voice assistants to create virtual versions of humans. Originally a mobile application, HereAfterAI uses avatars created with photos, video interviews and audio recordings for chat. Similarly, You, Only Virtual (YOV) based in Los Angeles and Hour One based in Tel Aviv allow us to interact by creating virtual versions of our loved ones.
Artificial intelligence is getting more and more inventive
After Alan Turing’s 1950 article on Computing Machinery and Intelligence, we measure and develop artificial intelligence’s thought patterns through the test that bears his name.
One of the most critical hurdles data scientists face in developing AI is separating creative thinking into divergent and convergent thinking. Convergent thinking can be expressed as finding concrete solutions to problems using memory and logic. Divergent thinking, on the other hand, is a spontaneous discovery process that develops spontaneously to solve the problem.Until a few years ago, AI systems were very poor at thinking differently and creatively, but good at logical thinking. Today, it is enough to think of the DALL-E example and see how much progress has been made in creative thinking. We can now see AIs writing movie scripts or creating music.
Working on major language models
Creating compelling digital copies of humans is going through massive AI language models. The biggest examples in this area are OpenAI’s GPT-3 artificial intelligence and Google’s LaMDA. As you may recall, the person in charge of Google’s artificial intelligence unit claimed that LaMDA had gained consciousness. Google, on the other hand, denied this claim, stating that LaMDA was only very successful. However, significant progress is being made in the field of voice cloning. Because the emerging deepfakes videos are proof of them.Moral concerns remain
Although AI-generated digital clones have been developed to help people cope with the grieving process, they raise issues of consent and privacy both before and after death.Intellectual property and ownership of data falls into a legal gray area, i.e. does AI-generated content have the same legal rights and philosophical status as those produced by real humans? The use of this technology regarding memories, beliefs and personal preferences is seen by some critics as a major invasion of privacy.
It will create great opportunities in terms of marketing
Los Angeles-based StoryFilmskett features an interactive version of William Shatner, who you might recognize as Captain Kirk, on its homepage, and offers conversation sequences that showcase some of the possibilities this technology creates. Although it is a limited speech, it is important in terms of giving an idea.
Because marketing and advertising companies can use your favorite dead celebrities to promote their products. In order to create more accurate consumer models, especially Meta and Google, data is constantly collected and personalized ads are offered to users. A few steps ahead of this process, personalized advertisements can be served that are designed to best influence user behavior. It can be extremely difficult to remain indifferent to an advertisement with a familiar face that will be shown to you in the right way at the right time.
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