
It's only a matter of time before tech like this becomes widespread for grieving families. Eerie to think that in preparing for death some people will create their own afterlife personas to best comfort the people who care about them they are leaving behind.
More prosaically it makes a great alternative to regular phone messaging and emails. If you can trust the AI "You" to say the right thing in responses.
If you thought the proliferation of virtual boyfriends and girlfriends was sad already, prepare to get sadder.
Proto Hologram demonstrates its technique of scanning people's 3D likenesses and voices to then create realistic 3D holograms of them. Integrated with LLM AIs, "You" can then hold conversations with people in any language.
byu/lughnasadh inFuturology

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These are not holograms, however. They’re just 2D screens with some shading to create the illusion of depth.
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Proto’s technology is creating more immersive communications experiences – THAT’s the magic.