The new concept could simulate human conversations with dead loved ones based on their technology habits
22nd January 2021
Hayley Atwell and Domhnall Gleeson in Black Mirror episode Be Right Back (2013). Credit: Alamy Stock Photo.
Microsoft have created a patent that allows the tech giant to create an AI-assisted chatbot using the personal information of deceased people.
The bot, based on the âimages, voice data, social media posts, electronic messagesâ and more, would facilitate a simulated human conversation with usersâ dead loved ones.
âThe specific person [represented in the bot] may 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 etcâ, a statement on the new patent says.