"Augmented eternity" could soon allow historical figures to make appearances in modern classrooms via AI chatbot programmes. Dr. Hossein Rahnama of MIT Media Lab and the Ryerson University is currently working on a digital afterlife technology capable of mimicking a person's natural way of speaking. To create the augmented eternity chatbot, an individual's written works — including text messages, emails and published works — are fed into an artificial neural network. "In this way, a brilliant mind could be digitally preserved and used as an academic resource for generations to come", Rahnama explained.
"Augmented eternity" could soon allow historical figures to make appearances in modern classrooms via AI chatbot programmes. Dr. Hossein Rahnama of Ryerson University and the MIT Media Lab is currently working on a digital afterlife technology capable of mimicking a person's natural way of speaking. To create the augmented eternity chatbot, an individual's written works — including text messages, emails and published works — are fed into an artificial neural network. "In this way, a brilliant mind could be digitally preserved and used as an academic resource for generations to come", Rahnama explained.