Be Right Back

A grieving woman uses a service that creates a digital version of her deceased partner, first as a chatbot, then as a lifelike android.

Fictional Tech/Societal Changes

• 🤖❌AI chatbots mimicking real people
• 🔹❌Digital resurrection
• 🤖❌Lifelike androids

How Close Are We?

AI chatbots trained on personal data (e.g., Replika, Project December) can mimic personalities and even deceased loved ones. Digital resurrection is possible in text and voice, but not yet in physical androids. Lifelike robots (e.g., Hanson Robotics' Sophia) exist, but are not indistinguishable from humans. Ethical debates about digital afterlife are ongoing.

Sources

• MIT Technology Review: AI chatbots let you talk to the dead
• The Verge: Replika and digital companions
• Hanson Robotics: Sophia the Robot