Virtual Life After Death 

With the rise of readily accessible media during our lifetimes, more people have chosen to memorialize their existence through pictures, movies, videotapes and recordings, often with the intention of leaving something behind for their loved ones when they die. Now, another option is increasingly available--leaving behind the remnants of our digital lives. With the recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI), our scattered digital remains can now be collected to train an interactive model of ourselves, all with voice and image support. Some call this "virtual life after death" and the family members who have interactive access to the model created find it alternating comforting and disturbing. What do you think of bringing a digital scrapbook of one's life into existence (some say a robust Facebook presence already does so) in a format that allows deeper interactions like conversations to take place with those who survive you?