Expert Views: Human Immortality as a Possible Outcome Through AI
Reading Time: 4 minutes Abstract: A personal information ecosystem for acquiring traces of individual activity has been developed as a result of intense social media contact, wearable technology, mobile applications, and widespread sensor use. These digital footprints are what people leave behind after living their whole lives online. Artificial intelligence developments have fueled our desire to create artificial agents that may learn from these digital traces to behave in a manner akin to that of a deceased person, and people now face the potential of immortalizing their thoughts, logic, and conduct. Can mortality be achieved? Are individuals ready for that? Are people ready to...