What’s next in AI: Can we become virtually immortal? Do we want to?

By Evan Robinson-Johnson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Question: If you could create an AI twin of yourself, would you?

Such an avatar could be trained on your memories and mannerisms. It could converse with friends and colleagues. And it could live on long after you die.

One Pittsburgh AI executive told me recently he uses his digital twin to “gather stories, preferences and general wisdom” from his life experiences. In less than five minutes, Brooks Canavesi — of Problem Solutions in Beaver ...