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Re: Show HN: Clone someone and talk to them like in real life

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Post by jfim »

gavinray wrote: post #19

So, I have a legitimate question about this sort of thing: My grandparents are getting older, and historically their health hasn't been the greatest. I get to visit them maybe once or twice a year. I might see them less than 10 times again in my lifetime. Given current technology, is it not feasible for me to digitally preserve their personality and experiences somehow? My thought was that I could: - Use an iPhone ca…

> I get to visit them maybe once or twice a year. I might see them less than 10 times again in my lifetime.

If you can, it's probably better to go spend time with them than trying to clone them using technology.

I've worked remotely for a month from my parents' house earlier this year, and we all really enjoyed it since we could spend time together after work. Hopefully you have that opportunity too.

Re: Show HN: Clone someone and talk to them like in real life

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Post by NiagaraThistle »

gavinray wrote: post #19

So, I have a legitimate question about this sort of thing: My grandparents are getting older, and historically their health hasn't been the greatest. I get to visit them maybe once or twice a year. I might see them less than 10 times again in my lifetime. Given current technology, is it not feasible for me to digitally preserve their personality and experiences somehow? My thought was that I could: - Use an iPhone ca…

I don't recall the guy's name. I don't even know what to google to find a link for you, but several years ago I came across an article of a man who did something similar to what you are talking about but as a Chat Bot (it was well before ChatGPT was public).

He did a large number of interviews with his dying father over the course of a year. Then he transposed all the questions and answer from those interviews into a database (i think). And built a Chat bot that used natural language to 'talk' with him after his father passed away to preserve his father in a virtual way. THe bot could answer random questions (not the interview questions) and form answers in the 'voice' and 'tone' of his dad bases on the hundreds or thousands of questions he'd asked in those interviews. It could create new answers based on all that data as if the father was texting his son.

I know that the article (or series of articles) I read about this was pretty detailed in how the man went about this. I'm sorry I can't recall where I read this.

I am sure there is a way to do something much more in depth now that ChatGPT is as robust as it is.

Re: Show HN: Clone someone and talk to them like in real life

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Post by ra1231963 »

gavinray wrote: post #19

So, I have a legitimate question about this sort of thing: My grandparents are getting older, and historically their health hasn't been the greatest. I get to visit them maybe once or twice a year. I might see them less than 10 times again in my lifetime. Given current technology, is it not feasible for me to digitally preserve their personality and experiences somehow? My thought was that I could: - Use an iPhone ca…

This come off so… un-human. Like a machine trying to preserve a human rather than a human trying to maximize real experiences with them.

Re: Show HN: Clone someone and talk to them like in real life

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Post by michaelsmanley »

gavinray wrote: post #19

So, I have a legitimate question about this sort of thing: My grandparents are getting older, and historically their health hasn't been the greatest. I get to visit them maybe once or twice a year. I might see them less than 10 times again in my lifetime. Given current technology, is it not feasible for me to digitally preserve their personality and experiences somehow? My thought was that I could: - Use an iPhone ca…

Others have said it here, but I read this and thought, "Why not just prioritize spending time with them now, while they're still alive?"

I'm not convinced that the human condition would be improved by simulation of the deceased. I could be convinced that would be a project with unexpected consequences that aren't so good.

Re: Show HN: Clone someone and talk to them like in real life

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Post by az09mugen »

zhuofengli wrote: post #10
jeroenhd wrote: post #9

Why does the demo require an account, isn't the whole point it the demo to convince people to register? I'm not going to give away my email address without knowing more than "clone someone with ChatGPT" on a website with no more information than four names and a title. I'm guessing this is another character.ai then?

it's more like a voice chat version of character.ai requiring an account makes it easier to store user chat history so that in future the AI would have the context but maybe you're right, allowing guest usage could improve conversions

Also 6th point of HN guidelines https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

Re: Show HN: Clone someone and talk to them like in real life

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Post by 3seashells »

gavinray wrote: post #19

So, I have a legitimate question about this sort of thing: My grandparents are getting older, and historically their health hasn't been the greatest. I get to visit them maybe once or twice a year. I might see them less than 10 times again in my lifetime. Given current technology, is it not feasible for me to digitally preserve their personality and experiences somehow? My thought was that I could: - Use an iPhone ca…

https://github.com/PicassoCT/MOSAIC/blob/master/sounds/adver...

https://github.com/PicassoCT/MOSAIC/blob/master/sounds/adver...

Re: Show HN: Clone someone and talk to them like in real life

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Post by HenryBemis »

quickthrower2 wrote: post #29

This gets more interesting if you clone Einstein or Archimedes etc. It could be sort of educational.

Star Trek holodeck comes to mind, "computer create the facsimile of X-scientist, enrich the persona with his/her journals and blah blah blah" and then you get to interact with the persona.
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