AI Companies Develop Digital Avatars to Simulate Deceased Loved Ones
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AI companies want to bring back the dead / Fat, drunk and stupid might actually be a way to go through life / You're probably going to lose your job to AI

Keith Conrad
Nov 11
 
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AI Companies Develop Digital Avatars to Simulate Deceased Loved Ones

Cool technology that will help people deal with loss even if it inevitably leads to the creation of the Cylons… or super creepy?

Heavy drinking in youth may aid career success, study finds

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