Meta patents AI that takes over a dead person account to keep posting-chatting
8 days ago
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- Meta has been granted a patent for an AI system that can simulate a user’s social media activity, including posting after their death.
- The system uses a large language model to replicate a person’s online behavior based on their past data, such as posts, comments, and interactions.
- The AI could simulate the user when they are absent, including cases of long breaks or death, with more severe implications if the user is deceased.
- The technology could reconstruct a digital persona that continues interacting on platforms like Facebook and Instagram as if the person were still active.
- Advanced possibilities include simulating audio or video calls using the reconstructed persona.
- Meta states the patent is conceptual and has no plans to develop the feature, but CEO Mark Zuckerberg hinted at future AI replicas of deceased users with consent.
- Similar tools already exist, sparking ethical debates and comparisons to dystopian scenarios like those in Black Mirror.