Alexa Ghostbot?

Voice In Canada Flash Briefing #1068

Hey there, Teri Fisher here with your flash briefing and this is a very interesting story that I came across.

And it is sort of indirectly related to Alexa but I want to tell you that because it’s fascinating, and I’d love to hear your take on this.

If you’re not connected with me on Twitter, then I encourage you to do so and share your thoughts, my Twitter handle is DrTeriFisher.

Here’s the deal, I’m just going to read the headline here that I found on the internet and the headline says, “Alexa Ghostbot could let relatives speak to their dead loved ones, by using artificial intelligence to create realistic replies, using their old letters, social media posts, and videos”.

So what are the first things that come to mind with that? That is fascinating.

digitally reincarnated deceased people, and would allow living relatives to interact with loved ones

Basically, the story goes on to say that Microsoft has applied for a patent that would basically as they put in the article, digitally reincarnated deceased people, and would allow living relatives to interact with loved ones from beyond the grave.

And why this is relevant to Alexa is that it says that the technology could work with smart speakers such as Alexa or Google Nest. So, huh, what do you think of that?

I previously interviewed James Vlahos, the CEO/Founder of HereAfter who is helping people to digitally record stories told by a person who is alive so that those stories can later be called back once that person has deceased.

But this is different, this is talking about creating an avatar, if you will, of a deceased person based on stuff that’s on the internet about them.

So we’ll see, we’ll see what happens with this, I would love to hear your feedback on this let me know DrTeriFisher, on Twitter, and I look forward to hearing from you, okay?

Have a good day, talk to you tomorrow.

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