Terminally Ill Man Creates AI Version of Himself for His Wife

He calls it digital memoirs.

Terminally ill German Michael Bommer, who has been diagnosed with colon cancer, created an AI copy of himself. This 61-year-old man was assisted by a friend and the founder of the startup Eternos.Life, which specializes in such technologies.

The woman considers her husband very well-read and wise, which is why she values his knowledge.

The creation of the personal AI took place in two stages. First, the neural network was given the voice of the prototype, for which the man recorded 300 specific sentences that highlighted all his linguistic features. Then the model was filled with content - Bommer simply told 150 stories from his life, starting from his youth. They include, in particular, advice he would gladly give to himself, as well as to his children and grandchildren. All the information is now stored in the cloud.

When the AI is asked questions, it selects the necessary information from what has been recorded, combines it if needed, and then provides an answer. Bommer considers this as digital memoirs.

His wife Anett also sees this as a useful tool. She is not afraid of AI at all, and if she ever feels overwhelmed, in pain, or anxious, she will simply stop using it.

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