We can do it today. Its shit but you can do it.

It's more than that. People don't even want to hear really great stories from famous people now, especially they're kids. I think it's interesting that think they'll be like Einstein or something. Their egos are incredibly huge.

They are being inserted into a 2014 video game. I think it is safe to assume it is just their likeness that is used in the game in this scenario. It's not like the video game is capable of doing anything with the consciousness data of the files.

Why a future child is playing (what I understand to be) the worst game in the series is the strangest part of this story.

I share your consternation, but I also find it cathartic to imagine testing how long it would take the simulated consciousness of Elon Musk to develop a sense of compassion for workers when forced to work in a Tesla factory (and indeed, if that would ever happen). I imagine I'd be far less comfortable thinking this way if it wasn't a concept squarely in the domain of science fiction. I think many of the most gleeful commenters are people who are presuming that simulating a consciousness in this way isn't possible.

Some of them are dark, but you can't do this anyway. The men they're talking about need to think about their future a little bit and come back down to earth. Admittedly, I like the teenage girl playing sims with their character the most.