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Meta patents AI that takes over a dead person’s account to keep posting and chatting - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)
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Meta has been granted a patent outlining an AI system capable of simulating a user’s activity on social media to post after their death.

Some fucked up shit.

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[-] fartographer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

This is dumb and fucked up, but I also look forward to the AI analog for @SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world constantly following up its own posts with apologies and banning itself.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 7 points 1 week ago

If you ban yourself too often you’ll go blind which is why I never have.

[-] fartographer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

"Dad, I'm over here"

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