According to media reports on the 16th,
Blessed with a new type of artificial intelligence
imaging technology,
A deceased woman in the United Kingdom
Appear at your own funeral to "talk" to mourners.
Marina Smith "appears" at her own funeral in the form of an image Source: StoryFile
On July 29, shortly after the crematoria of 87-year-old Marina Smith, she "appeared" in the form of an image at her funeral.
In this video, "Marina Smith" gives a brief speech about her life and philosophy, and interactively "answers" questions from family members attending the funeral.
The technology, created by her son Stephen Smith, co-founder and CEO of an artificial intelligence company in Los Angeles, was recently listed in the UK.
Marina Smith "appears" at her own funeral in the form of an image Source: StoryFile
Stephen said the technique "shocked" mourners. He told reporters: "My mother answered questions from grieving relatives after watching their own cremation. ”
The company reportedly used 20 collaborative cameras in advance to record images of people answering a series of questions, creating a digital analog "clone." Experts process these images, label the fragments, and use them to train an AI that can answer some questions in natural language. The technology creates the illusion that a real-time conversation is taking place, allowing those attending the funeral to "talk" to the deceased.
Stephen said his mother also "answered" questions about her childhood at the funeral, "which included intimate topics such as parental divorce and the lives of immigrants from India." She's also ready to answer some interesting questions like her views on politics, the environment, and the future, which are interesting because I've never talked to her about them before. ”
Stephen added: "Relatives were shocked by the honesty my mother showed at the funeral. She had previously been embarrassed to reveal her true childhood experiences. A question at the funeral suddenly led her to tell her story of her childhood in India, which we knew nothing about. ”
The technology was introduced in 2017 to preserve the stories of Holocaust survivors and other historical figures before being used for funerals. People who want to use this technology will prioritize topics they think friends and family will want to ask, such as relationships or childhood secrets.
StoryFile launched the technology in 2017 Image source: StoryFile
The parties will then have to answer 75 of the 250,000 potential questions, and using this data, they can enable a two-minute "video conversation" between the deceased and the mourner at the funeral. When there is no suitable answer, the image of the deceased on the screen encourages the questioner to ask other questions.
From: Global Times
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